<?php
// using the PEAR XML RPC2 library
require_once 'XML/RPC2/Client.php';


$uri = 'http://www.mysite.dev/services/xmlrpc';
$options = array('prefix' => 'node.'); // the proxy|prefix we are calling.

$client = XML_RPC2_Client::create($uri, $options);


$api_key = 'the api key';
$nid = 1;

$node = $client->load($api_key, $nid);
var_dump($node);