<?php
  # URL that generated this code:
  # http://txt2re.com/index-php.php3?s=08:Nov:2018%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&-40&66

  $txt='08:Nov:2018 "This is an Example!"';

  $re1='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
  $re2='(x)';	# Any Single Word Character (Not Whitespace) 1
  $re3='(.)';	# Any Single Character 1

  if ($c=preg_match_all ("/".$re1.$re2.$re3."/is", $txt, $matches))
  {
      $w1=$matches[1][0];
      $c1=$matches[2][0];
      print "($w1) ($c1) \n";
  }

  #-----
  # Paste the code into a new php file. Then in Unix:
  # $ php x.php 
  #-----
?>