To minimise memory usage, a Flyweight shares as much as possible memory with similar objects. It is needed when a large amount of objects is used that don't differ much in state. A common practice is to hold state in external data structures and pass them to the flyweight object when needed.
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Text.php
.. literalinclude:: Text.php :language: php :linenos:
Word.php
.. literalinclude:: Word.php :language: php :linenos:
Character.php
.. literalinclude:: Character.php :language: php :linenos:
TextFactory.php
.. literalinclude:: TextFactory.php :language: php :linenos:
Tests/FlyweightTest.php
.. literalinclude:: Tests/FlyweightTest.php :language: php :linenos: