Incrementing / Decrementing Operators
++
increment operator
--
decrement operator
Example Name Effect
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++$a Pre-increment Increments $a by one, then returns $a.
$a++ Post-increment Returns $a, then increments $a by one.
--$a Pre-decrement Decrements $a by one, then returns $a.
$a-- Post-decrement Returns $a, then decrements $a by one.
These can go before or after the variable.
If put before the variable, the increment/decrement operation is done to the variable first then the result is returned. If put after the variable, the variable is first returned, then the increment/decrement operation is done.
For example:
$apples = 10;
for ($i = 0; $i < 10; ++$i) {
echo 'I have ' . $apples-- . " apples. I just ate one.\n";
}
Live example
In the case above ++$i
is used, since it is faster. $i++
would have the same results.
Pre-increment is a little bit faster because it really increments the variable and after that 'returns' the result. Post-increment creates a special variable, copies there the value of the first variable and only after the first variable is used, replaces its value with second's.
However, you must use $apples--
, since first, you want to display the current number of apples, and then you want to subtract one from it.
You can also increment letters in PHP:
$i = "a";
while ($i < "c") {
echo $i++;
}
Once z
is reached aa
is next, and so on.
Note that character variables can be incremented but not decremented and even so only plain ASCII characters (a-z and A-Z) are supported.
Stack Overflow Posts:
Your methods are missing the static
keyword. Change
function getInstanceByName($name=''){
to
public static function getInstanceByName($name=''){
if you want to call them statically.
Note that static methods (and Singletons) are death to testability.
Also note that you are doing way too much work in the constructor, especially all that querying shouldn't be in there. All your constructor is supposed to do is set the object into a valid state. If you have to have data from outside the class to do that consider injecting it instead of pulling it. Also note that constructors cannot return anything. They will always return void so all these return false
statements do nothing but end the construction.
Best Answer
That means it should be called like:
$timer = (new VTimer)->get($options['magic']);
The difference between
static
andnon-static
is that the first one doesn't need initialization so you can call theclassname
then append::
to it and call the method immediately. Like so:and if the method is not static you need to initialize it like so:
However, in PHP 5.4 you can use this syntax instead as a shorthand: