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<?php function printList(\DOMNodeList $list) { foreach ($list as $outer) { /* @var $outer \DOMNode */ echo 'outer: ' . $outer->nodeValue . PHP_EOL; foreach ($list as $inner) { /* @var $inner \DOMNode */ echo ' inner: ' . $inner->nodeValue . PHP_EOL; } } } /** * @return DOMNodeList */ function getByXpath(\DOMDocument $dom) { return (new \DOMXPath($dom))->evaluate('item'); } /** * @return DOMNodeList */ function getByTagName(\DOMDocument $dom) { return $dom->getElementsByTagName('item'); } $xml = <<< XML <root> <item>1</item> <item>2</item> <item>3</item> </root> XML; $dom = new \DOMDocument; $dom->loadXml($xml); printList(getByTagName($dom)); echo '-------------' . PHP_EOL; printList(getByXpath($dom));