Is this code a factory method or a static factory?

Question

PHP

There is a class that has a static method that receives an argument as input (in this example, transportId), there is a conditional operator that returns the desired transport based on the ID. It is important to note that the returned object in any case is the heir of one abstract class (in this case, AbstractTransport).

class TransportFactory
{
    public static function createTransport($transportId)
    {
        switch ($transportId) {
            case Transport::CARS:
                return new Car();
                break;
            case Transport::PLANE:
                return new Plane();
                break;
            case Transport::TRAIN:
                return new Train();
                break;
           default:
            throw new Exception("No active transport");
        }
    }
}

After reading about patterns, I don’t quite understand, is this a factory method, or a static simple factory? And who can explain?

Answer 1

This is a static factory.
https://refactoring.guru/en/design-patterns/factor...

Answer 2

Think Factory Method
https://sourcemaking.com/design_patterns/factory_m... ( https://evileg.com/en/post/406/)
https://makedev.org/patterns/creational/factoryMet...