$re = '/\[\[(?P<link>[^\s]+)\s(?P<text>[^\]]+)\]\]/';
$str = '[[http://www.example.com/path/to/file.ext "click here"]]';
preg_match($re, $str, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, 0);
// Print the entire match result
var_dump($matches);
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php