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<?php $keywordRegex = '(?<key>-?mock)'; $valueRegex = '"(?<quoted>(?:[^"]|\\\")*)"|(?<unquoted>[^"\s]+)'; $regex = "/(?<=^|\\s){$keywordRegex}:\\s*{$valueRegex}/"; echo $regex, "\n\n"; $inputs = array( 'mock:"foo"', 'mock:bar\"foo', 'mock:""foo""' ); foreach ( $inputs as $term ) { $matches = null; echo $term, "\n"; preg_match( $regex, $term, $matches ); var_dump( $matches ); }