public function getPreviousText()
	{
		$text = null;
		
		// get the element's preivous sibling element
		$previous = $this->getPreviousSibling();
		
		// while the previous sibling element exists and is not a text element
		while ($previous !== null && ! $previous instanceof \Jstewmc\Rtf\Element\Text) {
			$previous = $previous->getPreviousSibling();
		}
		
		// if a previous text element exists
		if ($previous !== null && $previous instanceof \Jstewmc\Rtf\Element\Text) {
			$text = $previous;
		}
		
		return $text;
	}
public function getPreviousText()
	{
		$text = null;
		
		// get the element's preivous sibling element
		$previous = $this->getPreviousSibling();
		
		// while the previous sibling element exists and is not a text element
		while ($previous !== null && ! $previous instanceof \Jstewmc\Rtf\Element\Text) {
			$previous = $previous->getPreviousSibling();
		}
		
		// if a previous text element exists
		if ($previous !== null && $previous instanceof \Jstewmc\Rtf\Element\Text) {
			$text = $previous;
		}
		
		return $text;
	}
public function getPreviousText ( ) { $ text = null ; // get the element's preivous sibling element $ previous = $ this -> getPreviousSibling ( ) ; // while the previous sibling element exists and is not a text element while ( $ previous !== null && ! $ previous instanceof \ Jstewmc \ Rtf \ Element \ Text ) { $ previous = $ previous -> getPreviousSibling ( ) ; } // if a previous text element exists if ( $ previous !== null && $ previous instanceof \ Jstewmc \ Rtf \ Element \ Text ) { $ text = $ previous ; } return $ text ; }
Returns this element's previous text element or null if not previous text
element exists

@return  Jstewmc\Rtf\Element\Text|null
@throws  BadMethodCallException  if the element doesn't have a parent
@throws  BadMethodCallException  if the element's parent doesn't have children
@throws  BadMethodCallException  if the element is not a child of its parent
Returns this element s previous text element or null if not previous text element exists