6 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/plugins/auth.php b/lib/plugins/auth.php
index cd2f9ac12..cce2370d9 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/auth.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/auth.php
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ class DokuWiki_Auth_Plugin extends DokuWiki_Plugin {
      * able to operate. Set capabilities in $this->cando
      * array here
      *
+     * For future compatibility, sub classes should always include a call
+     * to parent::__constructor() in their constructors!
+     *
      * Set $this->success to false if checks fail
      *
      * @author  Christopher Smith <chris@jalakai.co.uk>
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authad/auth.php b/lib/plugins/authad/auth.php
index 35c19f471..0900a3f87 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authad/auth.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authad/auth.php
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class auth_plugin_authad extends DokuWiki_Auth_Plugin {
      * Constructor
      */
     public function __construct() {
+        parent::__construct();
+
         global $conf;
         $this->cnf = $conf['auth']['ad'];
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authldap/auth.php b/lib/plugins/authldap/auth.php
index 721abb48e..93683bc16 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authldap/auth.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authldap/auth.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class auth_plugin_authldap extends DokuWiki_Auth_Plugin {
      * Constructor
      */
     function __construct(){
+        parent::__construct();
+
         global $conf;
         $this->cnf = $conf['auth']['ldap'];
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authmysql/auth.php b/lib/plugins/authmysql/auth.php
index 8a8f9a488..368bd74a2 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authmysql/auth.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authmysql/auth.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class auth_plugin_authmysql extends DokuWiki_Auth_Plugin {
      * @author Matthias Grimm <matthiasgrimm@users.sourceforge.net>
      */
     function __construct() {
+        parent::__construct();
+
         global $conf;
         $this->cnf = $conf['auth']['mysql'];
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authpgsql/auth.php b/lib/plugins/authpgsql/auth.php
index 824a77882..46154b6ca 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authpgsql/auth.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authpgsql/auth.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class auth_plugin_authpgsql extends auth_plugin_authmysql
      * Constructor
      */
     function auth_plugin_authpgsql() {
+        parent::__construct();
+
         global $conf;
         $this->cnf = $conf['auth']['ad'];
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authplain/auth.php b/lib/plugins/authplain/auth.php
index 570d029ff..2e72bbd79 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authplain/auth.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authplain/auth.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class auth_plugin_authplain extends DokuWiki_Auth_Plugin {
      * @author  Christopher Smith <chris@jalakai.co.uk>
      */
     function __construct() {
+        parent::__construct();
         global $config_cascade;
 
         if (!@is_readable($config_cascade['plainauth.users']['default'])){