# SoapClient->__soapCall()

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SoapClient->__soapCall() — Calls a SOAP function

### Description

SoapClient
mixed __soapCall ( string `$function_name` , array `$arguments` [, array `$options` [, mixed `$input_headers` [, array `&$output_headers` ]]] )

This is a low level API function that is used to make a SOAP call. Usually, in WSDL mode, you can simply call SOAP functions as SoapClient methods. This method useful in non-WSDL mode when soapaction is unknown, uri differs from the default or when sending and/or receiving SOAP Headers.

On error, a call to a SOAP function can cause PHP to throw exceptions or return a SoapFault object if exceptions are disabled. To check if the function call failed to catch the SoapFault exceptions, check the result with is_soap_fault().

### Return Values

SOAP functions may return one, or multiple values. If only one value is returned by the SOAP function, the return value of __soapCall will be a simple value (e.g. an integer, a string, etc). If multiple values are returned, __soapCall will return an associative array of named output parameters.

### Examples

Example#1 SoapClient->__soapCall() Examples

`<?php
$client = new SoapClient("some.wsdl");
$client->SomeFunction($a, $b, $c);
$client->__soapCall("SomeFunction", array($a, $b, $c));
$client->__soapCall("SomeFunction", array($a, $b, $c), NULL,
new SoapHeader(), $output_headers);
$client = new SoapClient(null, array('location' => "http://localhost/soap.php",
'uri' => "http://test-uri/"));
$client->SomeFunction($a, $b, $c);
$client->__soapCall("SomeFunction", array($a, $b, $c));
$client->__soapCall("SomeFunction", array($a, $b, $c),
array('soapaction' => 'some_action',
'uri' => 'some_uri'));
?>`

### See Also

- SoapClient->__construct()
- SoapParam->__construct()
- SoapVar->__construct()
- SoapHeader->__construct()
- SoapFault->__construct()
- is_soap_fault()