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diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
index 1abc4a3faf..7bc711be67 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
@@ -451,7 +451,8 @@ PHP_METHOD(Call, startBatch) {
     op_num++;
   PHP_GRPC_HASH_FOREACH_END()
 
-  error = grpc_call_start_batch(call->wrapped, ops, op_num, call->wrapped,
+  grpc_call *wrapped = call->wrapped;
+  error = grpc_call_start_batch(wrapped, ops, op_num, wrapped,
                                 NULL);
   if (error != GRPC_CALL_OK) {
     zend_throw_exception(spl_ce_LogicException,
@@ -459,7 +460,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(Call, startBatch) {
                          (long)error TSRMLS_CC);
     goto cleanup;
   }
-  grpc_completion_queue_pluck(completion_queue, call->wrapped,
+  grpc_completion_queue_pluck(completion_queue, wrapped,
                               gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME), NULL);
   zval *recv_md;
   for (int i = 0; i < op_num; i++) {
@@ -624,5 +625,10 @@ void grpc_init_call(TSRMLS_D) {
   INIT_CLASS_ENTRY(ce, "Grpc\\Call", call_methods);
   ce.create_object = create_wrapped_grpc_call;
   grpc_ce_call = zend_register_internal_class(&ce TSRMLS_CC);
+  zval property_channel_default_value;
+  ZVAL_NULL(&property_channel_default_value);
+  zend_string *property_channel_name = zend_string_init("channel", sizeof("channel") - 1, 1);
+  zend_declare_property_ex(grpc_ce_call, property_channel_name, &property_channel_default_value, ZEND_ACC_PROTECTED, NULL);
+  zend_string_release(property_channel_name);
   PHP_GRPC_INIT_HANDLER(wrapped_grpc_call, call_ce_handlers);
 }
diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h b/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
index 9382ac04d3..c864ee0292 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_H
 #define VERSION_H
 
-#define PHP_GRPC_VERSION "1.49.3"
+#define PHP_GRPC_VERSION "1.56.0"
 
 #endif /* VERSION_H */