$re = '/(?:((?(?=ls)yes|no))\${(?:(?P<type>VAR)\s+)([a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*)\s*\=\s*(\$\{CALL\s+[a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*\s*\}|\"[^\"]*\"|\'[^\']*\'|[0-9]*|(?:[fF]alse|[tT]rue))\s*\}(?<ls>[^\s]{1}))/s';
$str = '
${VAR foo="What"}x
${VAR foo="What"}
yes${VAR foo="What"}
no${VAR foo="What"}x
';
preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0);
// Print the entire match result
var_dump($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