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<?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> </itemList> </root>"; $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); $res = $xml->xpath('//type[contains(text(), "BBB")]/parent::item/preceding-sibling::item[1]'); echo "{$res[0]->name} ({$res[0]->type})".PHP_EOL; $res = $xml->xpath('//type[contains(text(), "CCC")]/parent::item/preceding-sibling::item[1]'); echo "{$res[0]->name} ({$res[0]->type})";