use strict; use XML::Rules; use Data::Dumper; my $data=q( xyzabcd 12345678955656556 12345678955656556 UTVEFGH 12345678955656556 ); my $parser = XML::Rules->new( stripspaces => 7, rules => { _default => 'content', Name => 'as array no content', Phone => sub { #return; my ($tag,$attr,$context,$parents) = @_; if (! $parents->[-1]{Name}) { warn " before !\n"; } else { push @{$parents->[-1]{Name}[-1]{Phones}}, $attr; } return }, Data => sub {$_[1]->{Name}}, } ); my $ref = $parser->parse($data); print Dumper($ref);