access node title in field.tpl.php
You could get the node values from: $element['#object']: The entity to which the field is attached.

So in this case if the field is a node field the $element['#object'] is the node object.

print $element['#object']-&gt;title;


Documentation: https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!field!theme!field.tpl.php/7