diff -aurN a/HTML/Template/IT_Error.php b/HTML/Template/IT_Error.php
--- a/HTML/Template/IT_Error.php	2010-03-10 03:08:10.000000000 -0500
+++ b/HTML/Template/IT_Error.php	2017-08-01 16:44:31.257269180 -0400
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@
      */
     function IT_Error($msg, $file = __FILE__, $line = __LINE__)
     {
+        $this->__construct($msg, $file, $line);
+    }
+    function __construct($msg, $file = __FILE__, $line = __LINE__)
+    {
         $this->PEAR_Error(sprintf("%s [%s on line %d].", $msg, $file, $line)); 
     } // end func IT_Error
   
 } // end class IT_Error
-?>
diff -aurN a/HTML/Template/IT.php b/HTML/Template/IT.php
--- a/HTML/Template/IT.php	2017-08-01 16:40:29.822907534 -0400
+++ b/HTML/Template/IT.php	2017-08-01 16:44:46.515860952 -0400
@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@
      */
     function HTML_Template_IT($root = '', $options = null)
     {
+        $this->__construct($root, $options);
+    }
+    function __construct($root = '', $options = null)
+    {
         if (!is_null($options)) {
             $this->setOptions($options);
         }
@@ -1184,4 +1188,3 @@
                 $errorMessages[$value] : $errorMessages[IT_ERROR];
     }
 } // end class IntegratedTemplate
-?>
diff -aurN a/HTML/Template/ITX.php b/HTML/Template/ITX.php
--- a/HTML/Template/ITX.php	2010-03-10 03:08:10.000000000 -0500
+++ b/HTML/Template/ITX.php	2017-08-01 16:44:41.185654236 -0400
@@ -138,13 +138,17 @@
      */
     function HTML_Template_ITX($root = '')
     {
+        $this->__construct($root);
+    }
+    function __construct($root = '')
+    {
 
         $this->checkblocknameRegExp = '@' . $this->blocknameRegExp . '@';
 
         $this->functionRegExp = '@' . $this->functionPrefix . '(' .
                                 $this->functionnameRegExp . ')\s*\(@sm';
 
-        $this->HTML_Template_IT($root);
+        parent::__construct($root);
     } // end func constructor
 
     /**
@@ -886,4 +890,3 @@
     } // end func warning
 
 } // end class HTML_Template_ITX
-?>