Singleton pattern, Suitable for multi-user websites ?

[awebguynow]

I come from a Java background and I was just wondering if a Singleton
pattern is suitable for websites with heavy traffic.
Of course the most common example given is the DB connection, and maybe
a cache of connections, and a checkout/checkin strategy is more
appropriate.

Can use of a Singleton restrict resource usage and cause processing
backlogs, such as deadlock ?

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

Re: Singleton pattern, Suitable for multi-user websites ?

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

awebguynow wrote:
[color=blue]
> I come from a Java background and I was just wondering if a Singleton
> pattern is suitable for websites with heavy traffic.[/color]

This is PHP. In PHP, every HTTP request is handled by a different thread, so
there is no possibility of programming a singleton *all along* the
different requests from the different users.

- --
- ----------------------------------
Iván Sánchez Ortega -i-punto-sanchez--arroba-mirame-punto-net

Un ordenador no es un televisor ni un microondas, es una herramienta
compleja.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFEUlL73jc Q2mg3Pc8RAqjeAJ 9Kap/uhQckaf4tBzrZH/8//gEytwCfQPk/
9i7FYqP5FlD2fab Z8eX4jrw=
=II99
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----