$re = '/<lat>([^<]+)<\/lat><lon>([^<]+)<\/lon>/';
$str = '<location><lat>41.47033705</lat><lon>-81.93612862</lon></location>
<location><lat>41.470320224762</lat><lon>-81.9364535808563</lon></location>
<location><lat>41.4704650640488</lat><lon>-81.9449239969254</lon></location>
<location><lat>41.4780235290527</lat><lon>-81.8454140424728</lon></location>
<location><lat>41.48597253</lat><lon>-81.82579113</lon></location>';
preg_match_all($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