$re = '~paymentType=A&amount=([0-9]+.[0-9]{2})&policyUid=([A-Za-z0-9]+(?:[\s-][A-Za-z0-9]+)*)&paymentMethod=([a-zA-Z]+)&script=([a-zA-Z]+/[a-zA-Z]+.py)&scriptParams=[a-zA-Z]{3}=(([A-Za-z0-9]+(?:[\s-][A-Za-z0-9]+)+))&invokePCL=([a-z]+)&paymentType=A&description=([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+)&firstName=[A-Za-z]+&surname=[A-Za-z]+&addressLine1=[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+&city=([a-zA-Z ]+)&postalCode=[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+&payerUid=([A-Za-z0-9]+(?:[\s-][A-Za-z0-9]+)*)&cardType=[a-zA-Z]+&continuousAuthority=[a-zA-Z]+&makeCurrent=[a-zA-Z]+~';
$str = 'paymentType=A&amount=147.06&policyUid=07ef493b-0000-0000-6a05-9fa4d6a5b5ad&paymentMethod=A&script=Retail/accept.py&scriptParams=uid=07ef461a-0000-0000-6a059fa44a8870bf&invokePCL=true&paymentType=A&description=New Business Payment&firstName=Adam&surname=Har&addressLine1=20 Potters Road&city=London&postalCode=EC1 4JS&payerUid=07ef3ff7-0000-0000-6a05-9fa42e92d56b&cardType=valid&continuousAuthority=true&makeCurrent=true';
preg_match_all($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