my ($node) = $dom->findnodes('/doc/text');
my $string = $node->toString;

print "toString:\n$string\n";

# remove enclosing tags
$string =~ s/^<[^>]+>//;
$string =~ s/<[^>]+>$//;

print "toString:\n$string\n";

##</code><code>##

toString:
<text>From mobile, <ph1 i="1" type="33" x="1"/>dial<ph2 i="1"/> this number:</text>

toString:
From mobile, <ph1 i="1" type="33" x="1"/>dial<ph2 i="1"/> this number: