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<?php
$str = '$str1var ="str1"; $str2var = "str2"';
$pattern = '/\$(?P<variable>(.*?)*)(?:|\s)=(\s|)"(?P<value>(.*?))"/';
preg_match($pattern, $str, $output_array);
var_dump($output_array);