$string = ' Test me more ';
preg_match('/\b\w+\b/i', $string, $result); // Test
echo $result;
/* You could use [a-zA-Z]+ instead of \w+ if wanted only alphabetical chars. */
$string = ' Test me more ';
preg_match('/\b[a-zA-Z]+\b/i', $string, $result); // Test
echo $result;