diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1b484976d..165e091c8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ $Id$
   navigation.
 + [code] Centralized format string expansion, @VARIABLES@ are recommended way
   now.
++ [validator] SQL validator works also with SOAP PHP extension.
 
 3.3.6.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #3031705 [core] Do not use CONCAT for DECIMAL fields.
diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 7574c09f4..f76f33c54 100644
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -4112,6 +4112,7 @@ INSERT INTO REL_towns VALUES ('M', 'Montréal');
     <abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr>,
     <abbr title="Perl Compatible Regular Expressions">PCRE</abbr> and
     <abbr title="PHP Extension and Application Repository">PEAR</abbr> support.
+    You either need a SOAP PHP extension or install PEAR SOAP module.
     On your system command line, run <tt>"pear install Net_Socket Net_URL
     HTTP_Request Mail_Mime Net_DIME SOAP"</tt> to get the necessary
     <abbr title="PHP Extension and Application Repository">PEAR</abbr> modules
diff --git a/libraries/sqlvalidator.class.php b/libraries/sqlvalidator.class.php
index 3b6847ccb..0f9a6f39b 100644
--- a/libraries/sqlvalidator.class.php
+++ b/libraries/sqlvalidator.class.php
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  * http://www.orbis-terrarum.net/?l=people.robbat2
  *
  * All data is transported over HTTP-SOAP
- * And uses the PEAR SOAP Module
+ * And uses either the PEAR SOAP Module or PHP SOAP extension
  *
- * Install instructions for PEAR SOAP
+ * Install instructions for PEAR SOAP:
  * Make sure you have a really recent PHP with PEAR support
  * run this: "pear install Mail_Mime Net_DIME SOAP"
  *
@@ -33,11 +33,20 @@ if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
 /**
  * Load SOAP client.
  */
-@include_once 'SOAP/Client.php';
-
-if (!function_exists('class_exists') || !class_exists('SOAP_Client')) {
-    $GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_error'] = TRUE;
+if (class_exists('SOAPClient')) {
+    $GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_soap'] = 'PHP';
 } else {
+    @include_once 'SOAP/Client.php';
+    if (class_exists('SOAP_Client')) {
+        $GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_soap'] = 'PEAR';
+    } else {
+        $GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_soap'] = 'NONE';
+        $GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_error'] = TRUE;
+        PMA_warnMissingExtension('soap');
+    }
+}
+
+if (!$GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_error']) {
     // Ok, we have SOAP Support, so let's use it!
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +88,11 @@ if (!function_exists('class_exists') || !class_exists('SOAP_Client')) {
          */
         function _openService($url)
         {
-            $obj = new SOAP_Client($url, TRUE);
+            if ($GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_soap'] == 'PHP') {
+                $obj = new SOAPClient($url);
+            } else {
+                $obj = new SOAP_Client($url, TRUE);
+            }
             return $obj;
         } // end of the "openService()" function
 
@@ -109,7 +122,11 @@ if (!function_exists('class_exists') || !class_exists('SOAP_Client')) {
                                       $interactive)
         {
     $use_array = array("a_userName" => $username, "a_password" => $password, "a_callingProgram" => $calling_program, "a_callingProgramVersion" => $calling_program_version, "a_targetDbms" => $target_dbms, "a_targetDbmsVersion" => $target_dbms_version, "a_connectionTechnology" => $connection_technology, "a_connectionTechnologyVersion" => $connection_technology_version, "a_interactive" => $interactive);
-            $ret = $obj->call("openSession", $use_array);
+            if ($GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_soap'] == 'PHP') {
+                $ret = $obj->__soapCall("openSession", $use_array);
+            } else {
+                $ret = $obj->call("openSession", $use_array);
+            }
 
            // This is the old version that needed the overload extension
            /* $ret = $obj->openSession($username, $password,
@@ -137,7 +154,11 @@ if (!function_exists('class_exists') || !class_exists('SOAP_Client')) {
         function _validateSQL($obj, $session, $sql, $method)
         {
     $use_array = array("a_sessionId" => $session->sessionId, "a_sessionKey" => $session->sessionKey, "a_SQL" => $sql, "a_resultType" => $this->output_type);
-            $res = $obj->call("validateSQL", $use_array);
+            if ($GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_soap'] == 'PHP') {
+                $res = $obj->__soapCall("validateSQL", $use_array);
+            } else {
+                $res = $obj->call("validateSQL", $use_array);
+            }
 
            // This is the old version that needed the overload extension
            // $res = $obj->validateSQL($session->sessionId, $session->sessionKey, $sql, $this->output_type);