php regex to get string inside href tag

Question

I need a regex that will give me the string inside an href tag and inside the quotes also.

For example i need to extract theurltoget.com in the following:

Answer 1

$html = 'URL';

$url = preg_match('//', $html, $match);

$info = parse_url($match[1]);

echo $info['scheme'].'://'.$info['host']; // http://www.mydomain.com