$re = '/EDT\s\d*\s(?<USERNAME>[^\s]+)\s*(?<STATUS>\w+( & \w+)?)\s*(?<EXPIRY>\d+-[A-Z]+-\d+)?\s*(?<ROLE>[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/m';
$str = 'Thu Sep 5 10:00:02 EDT 2019 XDB EXPIRED & LOCKED 28-SEP-11 CTXAPP
Thu Sep 5 10:00:02 EDT 2019 VWEinsnte3345 LOCKED GPW_READ';
preg_match_all($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