Explode string to array scaping literal char

explode_with_escape.php

<?php
//code from https://stackoverflow.com/a/38071156/4830771
function separate($string, $separator = '|', $escape = '\\') {
    if (strlen($separator) != 1 || strlen($escape) != 1) {
        trigger_error(__FUNCTION__ . ' requires delimiters to be single characters.', E_USER_WARNING);
        return;
    }
    $segments = [];
    $string = (string) $string;
    do {
        $segment = '';
        do {
            $segment_length = strcspn($string, "$separator$escape");
            if ($segment_length) {
                $segment .= substr($string, 0, $segment_length);
            }
            if (strlen($string) <= $segment_length) {
                $string = null;
                break;
            }
            if ($escaped = $string[$segment_length] == $escape) {
                $segment .= (string) substr($string, ++$segment_length, 1);
            }
            $string = (string) substr($string, ++$segment_length);
        } while ($escaped);
        $segments[] = $segment;
    } while ($string !== null);
    return $segments;
}


$string = <<<DATA
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DATA;

print_r(separate($string, $separator = '|', $escape = '\\'));