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piotrpress/singleton
====================

This library is a Singleton (anti)pattern implementation using a Traits with a support for an Object Inheritance and passing parameters to the constructor.

v7.0.0(1y ago)01774GPL-3.0PHPPHP >=7.4

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Singleton
=========

[](#singleton)

This library is a [Singleton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern) (anti)pattern implementation using a [Traits](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.traits.php) with a support for an [Object Inheritance](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.inheritance.php) and passing parameters to the constructor.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require piotrpress/singleton
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use PiotrPress\Singleton;

class ExampleParent {
    use Singleton;
}

class Example extends ExampleParent {
    protected function __construct( $arg ) {}
}

Example::getInstance( 'arg' );
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

PHP >= `7.4` version.

License
-------

[](#license)

[GPL3.0](license.txt)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance35

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Every ~148 days

Recently: every ~259 days

Total

8

Last Release

609d ago

Major Versions

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02021-11-13

v3.0.0 → v4.0.02021-11-13

v4.0.0 → v5.0.02021-11-13

v5.0.0 → v6.0.02021-11-13

v6.0.1 → v7.0.02024-09-15

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.4

v6.0.0PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)[Piotr Niewiadomski](/maintainers/PiotrPress)[@PiotrPress](https://github.com/PiotrPress)

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Top Contributors

[![PiotrPress](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)](https://github.com/PiotrPress "PiotrPress (8 commits)")

---

Tags

antipatterninheritanceobject-inheritancepatternsingletonsingleton-patternsingletonpatternsingletonstraittraitstraitpatterntraitssingletoninheritanceantipatternobject inheritance

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