<?php $docXML = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8'); $docXML->load('test.xml'); $xpath = new DOMXPath($docXML); $query = '//biblio/livre[titre="projet xml"]'; $entries = $xpath->query($query); foreach ($listEntries as $entry) { $entry->parentNode->removeChild($entry); } $docXML->save('test.xml');