# XML: accessing all ancestors

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-accessing-all-ancestors/290194
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 11, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-accessing-all-ancestors/290194 "2009-06-11T04:10:31Z")
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### Author: ![andriusain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@andriusain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andriusain)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-accessing-all-ancestors/290194/1 "2009-06-11T04:10:31Z")

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I am missing a way to call all xml element’s ancestors like in

```php
element.descendants()

```

but the other way round. Any thoughts?