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<?php $xml = <<<XML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <root> <area> <photographer_id>1</photographer_id> <photographer>John</photographer> <image>a</image> </area> <area> <photographer_id>1</photographer_id> <photographer>John</photographer> <image>b</image> </area> <area> <photographer_id>1</photographer_id> <photographer>John</photographer> <image>c</image> </area> <area> <photographer_id>2</photographer_id> <photographer>Fred</photographer> <image>a</image> </area> </root> XML; $sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); $searchKeyword = "Fred"; $area = $sxe->xpath("//area[contains(photographer, {$searchKeyword} )]"); print_r($area);