1.4. Multiton

THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ANTI-PATTERN! FOR BETTER TESTABILITY ANDMAINTAINABILITY USE DEPENDENCY INJECTION!

1.4.1. Purpose

To have only a list of named instances that are used, like a singletonbut with n instances.

1.4.2. Examples

• 2 DB Connectors, e.g. one for MySQL, the other for SQLite
• multiple Loggers (one for debug messages, one for errors)

1.4.3. UML Diagram

1.4.4. Code

You can also find this code on GitHub

Multiton.php

<?php
 
namespace DesignPatterns\Creational\Multiton;
 
final class Multiton
{
    const INSTANCE_1 = '1';
    const INSTANCE_2 = '2';
 
    /**
     * @var Multiton[]
     */
    private static $instances = [];
 
    /**
     * this is private to prevent from creating arbitrary instances
     */
    private function __construct()
    {
    }
 
    public static function getInstance(string $instanceName): Multiton
    {
        if (!isset(self::$instances[$instanceName])) {
            self::$instances[$instanceName] = new self();
        }
 
        return self::$instances[$instanceName];
    }
 
    /**
     * prevent instance from being cloned
     */
    private function __clone()
    {
    }
 
    /**
     * prevent instance from being unserialized
     */
    private function __wakeup()
    {
    }
}

1.4.5. Test