$re = '/^(\S+) (?=(?s:.)*?\1.*).*/m';
$str = 'wsmith jul/12/12
bwillis jul/13/13
wsmith jul/14/12
bwillis jul/13/13
tcruise jul/12/12
wsmith jul/14/12
tcruise jul/12/12
';
preg_match_all($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