<?php
 class MyFirstPersistentSoapServer {
     private $resource; // (Such as PDO, mysqli, etc..)
     public $myvar1;
     public $myvar2;
     public function __construct() {
         $this->__wakeup(); // We're calling our wakeup to handle starting our resource
     }
     public function __wakeup() {
         $this->resource = CodeToStartOurResourceUp();
     }
     public function __sleep() {
         // We make sure to leave out $resource here, so our session data remains persistent
         // Failure to do so will result in the failure during the unserialization of data
         // on the next request; thus, our SoapObject would not be persistent across requests.
         return array('myvar1','myvar2');
     }
 }
 try {
     session_start();
     $server = new SoapServer(null, array('uri' => $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
     $server->setClass('MyFirstPersistentSoapServer');
     // setPersistence MUST be called after setClass, because setClass's
     // behavior sets SESSION_PERSISTENCE_REQUEST upon enacting the method.
     $server->setPersistence(SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION);
     $server->handle();
 } catch(SoapFault $e) {
     error_log("SOAP ERROR: ". $e->getMessage());
 }
?>