Fatal error: Call to undefined method Smarty::Smarty()

Question

<?php 
require_once  SMARTY_DIR . 'Smarty.class.php';
 class Application extends Smarty 
 {
   public function __construct()
   {
  parent::Smarty();
  $this->template_dir = TEMPLATE_DIR;
  $this->compile_dir = COMPILE_DIR;
  $this->config_dir = CONFIG_DIR;
   }
}
?>

i m getting error as Fatal error: Call to undefined method Smarty::Smarty()
I have used a Smarty software in php project folder but i m getting error i m using this Smarty software first time in php i m not getting the clue in this code

Answer 1

To call the parent constructor you have to use

  parent::__construct();

instead of parent::Smarty();