Get a single element with PHP and XPath

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Lots of tutorials around the net but none of them can explain me this:

How do I select a single element (in a table, for example), having its absolute XPath?

Example: I have this:

/html/body/table/tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/table/tbody/tr/td/table[3]/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[3]/td/table/tbody/tr[4]/td[5]/span

What's that PHP function to get the text of that element?! Really I could not find an answer. Found lots of guides and hints to get all the elements of the table, all the buttons of a form, etc, but not what I need.

Thank you.

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