More details here: https://github.com/zendframework/zf1/issues/229
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ abstract class Zend_XmlRpc_Value
// If no type was specified, the default is string
if (!$type) {
$type = self::XMLRPC_TYPE_STRING;
+ $value = str_replace(array('<value>', '</value>'), '', $xml->asXML());
}