diff --git a/ext/soap/php_encoding.c b/ext/soap/php_encoding.c
index 9f5d1d1585d..d6a90590d64 100644
--- a/ext/soap/php_encoding.c
+++ b/ext/soap/php_encoding.c
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ static zend_bool soap_check_zval_ref(zval *data, xmlNodePtr node TSRMLS_DC) {
 				}
 				if (attr) {
 					id = (char*)attr->children->content;
+					smart_str_appendc(&prefix, '#');
+					smart_str_appends(&prefix, id);
+					smart_str_0(&prefix);
+					id = prefix.c;
 				} else {
 					SOAP_GLOBAL(cur_uniq_ref)++;
 					smart_str_appendl(&prefix, "#ref", 4);
@@ -311,6 +315,10 @@ static zend_bool soap_check_zval_ref(zval *data, xmlNodePtr node TSRMLS_DC) {
 				attr = get_attribute_ex(attr, "id", SOAP_1_2_ENC_NAMESPACE);
 				if (attr) {
 					id = (char*)attr->children->content;
+					smart_str_appendc(&prefix, '#');
+					smart_str_appends(&prefix, id);
+					smart_str_0(&prefix);
+					id = prefix.c;
 				} else {
 					SOAP_GLOBAL(cur_uniq_ref)++;
 					smart_str_appendl(&prefix, "#ref", 4);
diff --git a/ext/soap/tests/bugs/bug41566.phpt b/ext/soap/tests/bugs/bug41566.phpt
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..03ecdde043d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/soap/tests/bugs/bug41566.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #41566 (SOAP Server not properly generating href attributes)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php require_once('skipif.inc'); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+function test() {
+  $aUser = new User();
+  $aUser->sName = 'newUser';
+
+  $aUsers = Array();
+  $aUsers[] = $aUser;
+  $aUsers[] = $aUser;
+  $aUsers[] = $aUser;
+  $aUsers[] = $aUser;
+  return $aUsers;
+}
+
+/* Simple User definition */
+Class User {
+  /** @var string */
+  public $sName;
+}
+
+$server = new soapserver(null,array('uri'=>"http://testuri.org", 'soap_version'=>SOAP_1_2));
+$server->addfunction("test");
+
+$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = <<<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
+  SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+  xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
+  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns:si="http://soapinterop.org/xsd">
+  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
+    <ns1:test xmlns:ns1="http://testuri.org" />
+  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
+</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+EOF;
+ob_start();
+$server->handle($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);
+echo "ok\n";
+
+$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = <<<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" 
+  xmlns:ns1="http://testuri.org" 
+  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+  xmlns:enc="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
+  <env:Body>
+    <ns1:test env:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"/>
+  </env:Body>
+</env:Envelope>
+EOF;
+$server->handle($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);
+echo "ok\n";
+ob_flush();
+--EXPECT--
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="http://testuri.org" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"><SOAP-ENV:Body><ns1:testResponse><return SOAP-ENC:arrayType="SOAP-ENC:Struct[4]" xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array"><item xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Struct" id="ref1"><sName xsi:type="xsd:string">newUser</sName></item><item href="#ref1"/><item href="#ref1"/><item href="#ref1"/></return></ns1:testResponse></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+ok
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:ns1="http://testuri.org" xmlns:enc="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><env:Body xmlns:rpc="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-rpc"><ns1:testResponse env:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"><rpc:result>return</rpc:result><return enc:itemType="enc:Struct" enc:arraySize="4" xsi:type="enc:Array"><item xsi:type="enc:Struct" enc:id="ref1"><sName xsi:type="xsd:string">newUser</sName></item><item enc:ref="#ref1"/><item enc:ref="#ref1"/><item enc:ref="#ref1"/></return></ns1:testResponse></env:Body></env:Envelope>
+ok