xpath('//faultcode'); if ($faultCode === false || count($faultCode) === 0) { $faultCode = 'Unable to parse faultCode'; } $faultString = $simpleXMLElement->xpath('//faultstring'); if ($faultString === false || count($faultString) === 0) { $faultString = 'Unable to parse faultString'; } return new SoapFault( (string)$faultCode[0], (string)$faultString[0] ); } }