$re = '/(?s)<logicalIdentifier>(?<Identifier>.+?)(?=<).+?<status>(?<Status>.+?)(?=<)/m';
$str = ' <logicalIdentifier>1234-YYYMMDD</logicalIdentifier>
<status>Accepted</status>
<logicalIdentifier>2345-YYYMMDD</logicalIdentifier>
<status>Accepted</status>
<logicalIdentifier>3456-YYYMMDD</logicalIdentifier>
<status>Accepted</status>
<logicalIdentifier>4567-YYYMMDD</logicalIdentifier>
<status>Accepted</status>';
preg_match_all($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