php - Text Grab from a large content -

i need grab text surrounded within quotes assigned variable string. how content be

inspired , recalling tricks learned doc , friends, mcqueen emerges lead race final laps. hicks, refusing lose, sends weathers dangerous accident. seeing , recalling doc's fate, mcqueen stops short of finish line, allowing hicks win, , drives push weathers on finish line. crowd , media condemn hicks' victory string="mickey" , give praise mcqueen's sportsmanship. though offered dinoco sponsorship deal, mcqueen declines, insisting on staying current sponsors appreciation of past support.

i need grab mickey whole content.

i tried substr on php , didn't though. ideas ?

p.s. string inside quotes may vary.

if have 1 of these quoted words in string easiest thing be:

$myarr = explode('"',$string); // break string array " dilimeter echo $myarr[1]; // echo second element. 

update: many quots - pick 1 after string=:

$mypos = strpos($string,'string="')+8; // position of string after 'string="' $result = substr($string,$mypos,strpos($string,'"',$mypos)-$mypos);  echo $result; 

note: should lot more efficient using regex - phpfiddle result:

yotam: 0.014078ms, bkilinc: 0.048885ms