PHP Singleton pattern for a database class

An example of how you would implement a Singleton pattern for a database class can be seen below:

<?php
class Database implements Singleton {
    private static $instance;
    private $pdo;

    private function __construct() {
        $this->pdo = new PDO(
            "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=database",
            "user",
            "password"
        );
    }

    public static function getInstance() {
        if(self::$instance === null) {
            self::$instance = new Database();
        }
        return self::$instance->pdo;
    }
}
?>
You would make use of the class in the following manner:

<?php
$db = Database::getInstance();
// $db is now an instance of PDO
$db->prepare("SELECT ...");

// ...

$db = Database::getInstance();
// $db is the same instance as before
?>

And for reference, the Singleton interface would look like:
<?php
interface Singleton {
    public static function getInstance();
}
?>

Write a class that implements singleton pattern PHP.

In the singleton pattern a class can distribute one instance of itself to other classes.

<?php

/*
 *   Singleton classes
 */
class BookSingleton {
    private $author = 'Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides';
    private $title  = 'Design Patterns';
    private static $book = NULL;
    private static $isLoanedOut = FALSE;

    private function __construct() {
    }

    static function borrowBook() {
      if (FALSE == self::$isLoanedOut) {
        if (NULL == self::$book) {
           self::$book = new BookSingleton();
        }
        self::$isLoanedOut = TRUE;
        return self::$book;
      } else {
        return NULL;
      }
    }

    function returnBook(BookSingleton $bookReturned) {
        self::$isLoanedOut = FALSE;
    }

    function getAuthor() {return $this->author;}

    function getTitle() {return $this->title;}

    function getAuthorAndTitle() {
      return $this->getTitle() . ' by ' . $this->getAuthor();
    }
  }

class BookBorrower {
    private $borrowedBook;
    private $haveBook = FALSE;

    function __construct() {
    }

    function getAuthorAndTitle() {
      if (TRUE == $this->haveBook) {
        return $this->borrowedBook->getAuthorAndTitle();
      } else {
        return "I don't have the book";
      }
    }

    function borrowBook() {
      $this->borrowedBook = BookSingleton::borrowBook();
      if ($this->borrowedBook == NULL) {
        $this->haveBook = FALSE;
      } else {
        $this->haveBook = TRUE;
      }
    }

    function returnBook() {
      $this->borrowedBook->returnBook($this->borrowedBook);
    }
  }

/*
 *   Initialization
 */

  writeln('BEGIN TESTING SINGLETON PATTERN');
  writeln('');

  $bookBorrower1 = new BookBorrower();
  $bookBorrower2 = new BookBorrower();

  $bookBorrower1->borrowBook();
  writeln('BookBorrower1 asked to borrow the book');
  writeln('BookBorrower1 Author and Title: ');
  writeln($bookBorrower1->getAuthorAndTitle());
  writeln('');

  $bookBorrower2->borrowBook();
  writeln('BookBorrower2 asked to borrow the book');
  writeln('BookBorrower2 Author and Title: ');
  writeln($bookBorrower2->getAuthorAndTitle());
  writeln('');

  $bookBorrower1->returnBook();
  writeln('BookBorrower1 returned the book');
  writeln('');

  $bookBorrower2->borrowBook();
  writeln('BookBorrower2 Author and Title: ');
  writeln($bookBorrower1->getAuthorAndTitle());
  writeln('');

  writeln('END TESTING SINGLETON PATTERN');

  function writeln($line_in) {
    echo $line_in.'<br/>';
  }
?>

Output

BEGIN TESTING SINGLETON PATTERN


BookBorrower1 asked to borrow the book
BookBorrower1 Author and Title:
Design Patterns by Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides


BookBorrower2 asked to borrow the book
BookBorrower2 Author and Title:
I don't have the book


BookBorrower1 returned the book


BookBorrower2 Author and Title:
Design Patterns by Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides


END TESTING SINGLETON PATTERN