soapClient use SoapFault or Exception or both to catch Error?

Question

Which of the following is better to catch an error when calling a web service using SoapClent?

try {
  $response = $client->SomeSoapRequest();
}
  catch(SoapFault $e){
}

Or:

try {
  $response = $client->SomeSoapRequest();
}
  catch(SoapFault $e){
}
  catch(Exception $e){
}

Also, I want to catch a socket timeout; will this be a SoapFault or an Exception?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Just catch Exception; this will also catch SoapFault. If you need to know the difference, you can check the type of the object received. Exception will also catch other non-soapfault exceptions, which you should be doing anyway. So, the answer is: the second one.

Answer 2

you can find some answers at this similar question.