How can one troubleshoot inconsistent SSL connection issues in PHP SOAP?

To troubleshoot inconsistent SSL connection issues in PHP SOAP, you can try setting the 'verify_peer' and 'verify_peer_name' options to false in the stream context used for SOAP requests. This will disable SSL certificate verification and may resolve the connection issues.

$options = array(
    'stream_context' => stream_context_create(array(
        'ssl' => array(
            'verify_peer' => false,
            'verify_peer_name' => false,
        ),
    )),
);

$client = new SoapClient('https://example.com/soap.wsdl', $options);