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

http://www.the-art-of-web.com/php/parse-links/

Let's start with the simplest case - a well formatted link with no extra attributes:

/(.*)<\/a>/iU