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+--TEST--
+Bug #28969 (Wrong data encoding of special characters)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php require_once('skipif.inc'); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+function test() {
+  return "¦è¥";
+//  return utf8_encode("¦è¥");
+}
+
+class LocalSoapClient extends SoapClient {
+
+  function LocalSoapClient($wsdl, $options) {
+    $this->SoapClient($wsdl, $options);
+    $this->server = new SoapServer($wsdl, $options);
+    $this->server->addFunction('test');
+  }
+
+  function __doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version) {
+    ob_start();
+    $this->server->handle($request);
+    $response = ob_get_contents();
+    ob_end_clean();
+    return $response;
+  }
+
+}
+
+$x = new LocalSoapClient(NULL,array('location'=>'test://', 
+                                    'uri'=>'http://testuri.org',
+                                    'encoding'=>'ISO-8859-1')); 
+var_dump($x->test());
+echo "ok\n";
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(3) "¦è¥"
+ok