extend of __call thats adds a retry to handle the occasional 'Could not connect to host' exceptions
<?php
class LocalSoapClient extends SoapClient
{
public function __call($function_name, $arguments)
{
$result = false;
$max_retries = 5;
$retry_count = 0;
while(! $result && $retry_count < $max_retries)
{
try
{
$result = parent::__call($function_name, $arguments);
}
catch(SoapFault $fault)
{
if($fault->faultstring != 'Could not connect to host')
{
throw $fault;
}
}
sleep(1);
$retry_count ++;
}
if($retry_count == $max_retries)
{
throw new SoapFault('Could not connect to host after 5 attempts');
}
return $result;
}
}
?>
