From what I can see, this article seems to suggest that the SoapClient calls the __doRequest() method when requesting the wsdl.

 This is not what I'm experiencing with php 5.3.5.

Can anyone confirm / deny? Should this be in the forum instead?

 eg.

class TestSoap extends SoapClient
{

  function __doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version, $oneWay)
  {
    // DOES NOT GO THROUGH HERE ON OBJECT INSTANTIATION
    die('HERE');
    return parent::__doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version, $oneWay);
  }

} 

$wsdl = 'http://host/service?wsdl';
$options = aray( /* */ );
$client = new TestSoap($wsdl, $options);