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<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->load('C:\before.xml');
$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
$res = $xpath->query('//music/sound[@name="testName"]');
$togo = $res->item(0);
$togo->parentNode->removeChild($togo);
$doc->save('C:\after.xml');
?>