Regex to find content not in quotes

Question

I\'m trying to find parameters outside quotes (Single ou Double)

$sql = \"
INSERT INTO Notifify (to_email, msg, date_log, from_email, ip_from)
VALUES
    (
          


        

Answer 1

What about this:

/\s+:[A-Za-z0-9_]*/

It's not very rigorous and might fail for more complex examples like like tennis scores (15 : 30) but is probably good enough for your needs.