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

Because Positive and Negative Lookbehind are cool

/(?<=href=\").+(?=\")/

It will match only what you want, without quotation marks

Array ( [0] => theurltoget.com )