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afragen/singleton
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A singleton static proxy generator.

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singleton
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[](#singleton)

This is a singleton static proxy generator that I use in several projects instead of creating true Singletons. It was inspired by [Alain Schlesser’s post on Singletons](https://www.alainschlesser.com/singletons-shared-instances/).

I’ve moved this library into it’s own repository so that I will be better able to include it via composer.

I have written it to work with PSR-4.

`composer require afragen/singleton:dev-master`

When using this Singleton class in your project you will create an array of class instances.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
@param string            $class_name Class name.
@param object            $caller     Originating object.
@param null|array|object $options    Options for class constructor.
                                     Optional.

Singleton::get_instance( $class_name, $calling_class, $options );
```

This will usually be called as follows.

`Singleton::get_instance( 'MyClass', $this );`

I do my best to automatically determine the namespace of the class. If the class is in a subfolder of `src` it will need to be designated in the call as follows.

If PSR-4 is set for the `src` directory and the class lives in `src/MySubDir/MyClass` the corresponding call would be as follows.

`Singleton::get_instance( 'MySubDir\MyClass', $this );`

I’m still learning how to properly set up using composer so this may be updated along the way.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance44

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

545d ago

### Community

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