Why am I getting Fatal error when calling a parent's constructor?

Question

I am extending one of the SPL (Standard PHP Library) classes and I am unable to call the parent\'s constructor. Here is the error I am getting:

Fatal erro

Answer 1

You may hack it like this:

if (in_array('__construct', get_class_methods(get_parent_class($this)))) {
    parent::__construct();
}

but it's helpless.

just declare constructor explicitly for every class. it's the right behavior.