# is_soap_fault

(PHP 5)

is_soap_fault — Checks if SOAP call was failed

### Description

bool is_soap_fault ( mixed `$obj` )

This function is useful when you like to check if the SOAP call failed, but don't like to use exceptions. To use it you must 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() checks if the given parameter is a SoapFault object.

### Parameters

`obj`

  The tested object.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 is_soap_fault() 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->__construct()
- SoapFault->__construct()