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thesmart/singleton
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A simple Singleton pattern, with optional support for named instances.

v0.0.2(13y ago)21332MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jul 27Pushed 13y agoCompare

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Singleton PHP Library by John Smart ([@thesmart](https://github.com/thesmart))
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A simple Singleton pattern, with optional support for named instances.

Example:

```
MyClass::setInstance(new MyClass());
$myClass = Singleton::getInstance();
$has = SingletonMock::hasInstance();

```

Named instances:

```
SingletonMock::setInstance($myClass, 'foobar');
$myClass = Singleton::getInstance('foobar');
$has = SingletonMock::hasInstance('foobar');

```

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###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

5040d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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