Online PHP editor | output for 1oYIi

<?php $xml = "<root> <itemList> <item> <name>A</name> <type>AAA</type> </item> <item> <name>B</name> <type>BBB</type> </item> <item> <name>C</name> <type>CCC</type> </item> <item> <name>C</name> <type>DDD</type> </item> </itemList> </root>"; $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); $res = $xml->xpath('//type[contains(text(), "DDD")]/parent::item/preceding-sibling::item'); $total = count($res); echo "{$res[$total - 1]->name} ({$res[$total - 1]->type})".PHP_EOL;