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<?php class A { public static $instance; public static function getInstance() { if (self::$instance === null) { self::$instance = new static(); } return static::$instance; } } class B extends A { public static $instance; } class C extends A { } echo get_class(A::getInstance()) . PHP_EOL; echo var_dump(B::getInstance()) . PHP_EOL; //As you can see, a new B is instantiated here, because B::$instance is a priority over A::$instance. echo get_class(A::getInstance()) . PHP_EOL; A::$instance = null; echo PHP_EOL; echo get_class(A::getInstance()) . PHP_EOL; echo get_class(C::getInstance()) . PHP_EOL; //But here, there is no C::$instance, so let's check the A::$instance which is not empty. echo get_class(A::getInstance()) . PHP_EOL;