$re = '/(?<=(,|\()).*(?=$| )/mU';
$str = 'def foo(cmd
,pIncludeAll #BOOL
,pOrderByDisplayOrder #BOOL
) :
try:
....';
preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0);
// Print the entire match result
var_dump($matches);
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php