Class extending another Class

[boyzdynasty]

Class1

Class2 extends Class1

Class3 extends Class2

In Class2 I have a constructor that does not take in any arguements but it sets up some value to some variables.

When create an object of Class3, I assumed that the constructor for Class2 would be called and set up values for the variables in Class2.

But it didn't.

$test = new Class3();

echo "some value: $test->var1"; // var1 is a variable from Class2

The result was empty (nothing was set).

How do I get the Constructor of Class2 to be executed when I create an object of Class3 ?

Thanks in advance.

[ahundiak]

As the manual states, parent constructors are not automatically called. Which is a good thing most of the time.

class C1
{
    function C1()
    {
        echo "C1 constructor\n";
    }
}
class C2 extends C1
{
    function C2()
    {
      $this->C1();
      echo "C2 constructor\n";
    }
}

[boyzdynasty]

thnx