# SoapServer->setPersistence()

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)

SoapServer->setPersistence() — Sets persistence mode of SoapServer

### Description

SoapServer
void setPersistence ( int `$mode` )

This function allows saving data between requests in a PHP session. It works only with a server that exports functions from a class with SoapServer->setClass().

### Parameters

`mode`

  One of the SOAP_PERSISTENCE_XXX constants.

### Return Values

No value is returned.

### Examples

Example#1 Some examples

`<?php
$server->setPersistence(SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION);
$server->setPersistence(SOAP_PERSISTENCE_REQUEST);
?>`

> Note: The persistence `SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION` makes persistent only object of given class, but not the class static data. You may use $this->bar instead of self::$bar.

### See Also

- SoapServer->__construct()
- SoapServer->setClass()