Examples

require_once 'XML/RPC.php';

/*
 * Get info about the most recently released PEAR package
 */
$params = array(new XML_RPC_Value(1, 'int'));
$msg = new XML_RPC_Message('release.getRecent', $params);

$cli = new XML_RPC_Client('/xmlrpc.php', 'pear.php.net');
// $cli->setDebug(1);
$resp = $cli->send($msg);

if (!$resp) {
    echo 'Communication error: ' . $cli->errstr;
    exit;
}

if (!$resp->faultCode()) {
    $val = $resp->value();
    $data = XML_RPC_decode($val);
    echo $data[0]['name'] . ' is at version ' . $data[0]['version'];
} else {
    /*
     * Display problems that have been gracefully cought and
     * reported by the xmlrpc.php script
     */
    echo 'Fault Code: ' . $resp->faultCode() . "\n";
    echo 'Fault Reason: ' . $resp->faultString() . "\n";
}

require_once 'XML/RPC/Server.php';

function returnTimes2($params) {
    $param = $params->getParam(0);

    // This error checking syntax was added in Release 1.3.0
    if (!XML_RPC_Value::isValue($param)) {
        return $param;
    }

    $val = new XML_RPC_Value($param->scalarval() * 2, 'int'); 
    return new XML_RPC_Response($val);
}

$server = new XML_RPC_Server(
    array(
        'times2' =>
            array(
                'function' => 'returnTimes2'
            )
    )
);

require_once 'XML/RPC.php';

$input = 8;
$params = array(new XML_RPC_Value($input, 'int'));
$msg = new XML_RPC_Message('times2', $params);

$cli = new XML_RPC_Client('/xmlrpc.php', 'localhost');
// $cli->setDebug(1);
$resp = $cli->send($msg);

if (!$resp) {
    echo 'Communication error: ' . $cli->errstr;
    exit;
}

if (!$resp->faultCode()) {
    $val = $resp->value();
    echo $input . ' times 2 is ' . $val->scalarval();
} else {
    /*
     * Display problems that have been gracefully cought and
     * reported by the xmlrpc.php script.
     */
    echo 'Fault Code: ' . $resp->faultCode() . "\n";
    echo 'Fault Reason: ' . $resp->faultString() . "\n";
}