php man page for is_soap_fault

IS_SOAP_FAULT(3)							 1							  IS_SOAP_FAULT(3)

is_soap_fault - Checks if a SOAP call has failed

SYNOPSIS
       bool is_soap_fault (mixed  $object)

DESCRIPTION
	This  function	is  useful  to check if the SOAP call failed, but without using exceptions. To use it, create a SoapClient object with the
       exceptions option set to zero or FALSE. In this case, the SOAP method will return a special SoapFault object which encapsulates	the  fault
       details (faultcode, faultstring, faultactor and faultdetails).

	If  exceptions	is  not set then SOAP call will throw an exception on error. is_soap_fault(3) checks if the given parameter is a SoapFault
       object.

PARAMETERS
	      o $object
		- The object to test.

RETURN VALUES
	This will return TRUE on error, and FALSE otherwise.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      is_soap_fault(3) example

	      <?php
	      $client = new SoapClient("some.wsdl", array('exceptions' => 0));
	      $result = $client->SomeFunction();
	      if (is_soap_fault($result)) {
		  trigger_error("SOAP Fault: (faultcode: {$result->faultcode}, faultstring: {$result->faultstring})", E_USER_ERROR);
	      }
	      ?>

       Example #2

	      SOAP's standard method for error reporting is exceptions

	      <?php
	      try {
		  $client = new SoapClient("some.wsdl");
		  $result = $client->SomeFunction(/* ... */);
	      } catch (SoapFault $fault) {
		  trigger_error("SOAP Fault: (faultcode: {$fault->faultcode}, faultstring: {$fault->faultstring})", E_USER_ERROR);
	      }
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       SoapClient::SoapClient, SoapFault::SoapFault.

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