# man > SOAP::Header

## NAME
    [SOAP::Header](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AHeader/markdown) - similar to [SOAP::Data](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AData/markdown) elements, a [SOAP::Header](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AHeader/markdown) object simply is encoded in the
    SOAP Header block

## DESCRIPTION
    Objects instantiated from the [SOAP::Header](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AHeader/markdown) class are functionally the same as [SOAP::Data](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AData/markdown)
    objects, and as such share all the methods from that class. The distinction may be cosmetic, but
    it is present so that applications may more easily distinguish header blocks from more generic
    data elements.

## SEE ALSO
    [SOAP::Data](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AData/markdown)

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    Special thanks to O'Reilly publishing which has graciously allowed [SOAP::Lite](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3ALite/markdown) to republish and
    redistribute large excerpts from *Programming Web Services with Perl*, mainly the [SOAP::Lite](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3ALite/markdown)
    reference found in Appendix B.

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Paul Kulchenko. All rights reserved.

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself.

## AUTHORS
    Paul Kulchenko (<paulclinger@yahoo.com>)

    Randy J. Ray (<rjray@blackperl.com>)

    Byrne Reese (<byrne@majordojo.com>)