diff --git a/plugins/search_sphinx/sphinxapi.php b/plugins/search_sphinx/sphinxapi.php
index 4d1ed6116..9c53e216a 100644
--- a/plugins/search_sphinx/sphinxapi.php
+++ b/plugins/search_sphinx/sphinxapi.php
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ class SphinxClient
 	/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 	/// create a new client object and fill defaults
-	function SphinxClient ()
+	function __construct()
 	{
 		// per-client-object settings
 		$this->_host		= "localhost";