Switched getTicketForId to a static method; no more need for singleton

web-services/repositories/ticketRepository.php

@@ -7,16 +7,7 @@ class TicketRepository {
     private function __construct() {
     }
 
-    public static function getInstance() {
-        static $instance = null;
-        if ($instance == null)
-        {
-            $instance = new TicketRepository();
-        }
-        return $instance;
-    }
-
-    public function getTicketForId($id, $settings) {
+    public static function getTicketForId($id, $settings) {
 
         $connection = new mysqli($settings['db_host'], $settings['db_user'], $settings['db_pass'], $settings['db_name']);
         if ($connection->connect_error)

web-services/ticket/index.php

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if(isset($_GET['id']))
 {
 
     $ticketRepository = TicketRepository::getInstance();
-    $ticket = $ticketRepository->getTicketForId($_GET['id'], $hesk_settings);
+    $ticket = TicketRepository::getTicketForId($_GET['id'], $hesk_settings);
     //--A quick and dirty RESTful test using PHP.
     echo json_encode($ticket);
 }