note 94353 modified in class.soapfault by thiago

You may use undocumented and invisible property $e->faultcode to access string version of $code. Because standard $e->getCode() does not work: <?php $e = new SoapFault("test", "msg"); var_dump($e->getCode()); // prints "0" var_dump($e->faultcode); // prints "test" ?> Also you may use namespaced fault codes: <?php $e = new SoapFault(array("namespace", "test"), "msg"); ?> - see ext/soap/soap.php, PHP_METHOD(SoapFault, SoapFault). To access the namespace, use $e->faultcodens --was-- You may use undocumented and invisible property $e->faultcode to access string version of $code. Because standard $e->getCode() does not work: $e = new SoapFault("test", "msg"); var_dump($e->getCode()); // prints "0" var_dump($e->faultCode); // prints "test" Also you may use namespaced fault codes: $e = new SoapFault(array("namespace", "test"), "msg"); - see ext/soap/soap.php, PHP_METHOD(SoapFault, SoapFault). To access the namespace, use $e->faultcodens http://php.net/manual/en/class.soapfault.php