Title: AbstractEnum::getInstance
Published: May 20, 2026

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# AbstractEnum::getInstance( string $value, string $name ): static

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Gets or creates a singleton instance for the given value and name.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$value`stringrequired

The enum value.

`$name`stringrequired

The constant name.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 static The enum instance.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    private static function getInstance(string $value, string $name): self
    {
        $className = static::class;
        if (!isset(self::$instances[$className])) {
            self::$instances[$className] = [];
        }
        if (!isset(self::$instances[$className][$name])) {
            $instance = new $className($value, $name);
            self::$instances[$className][$name] = $instance;
        }
        /** @var static */
        return self::$instances[$className][$name];
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/common/abstractenum.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php#L209)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php#L209-L221)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [AbstractEnum::__callStatic()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/__callstatic/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php` |

Handles static method calls for enum creation.

  | 
| [AbstractEnum::cases()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/cases/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php` |

Gets all enum cases.

  | 
| [AbstractEnum::tryFrom()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/tryfrom/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php` |

Tries to create an enum instance from a value, returns null if invalid.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/getinstance/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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