<?php
$re = "/(?s)'(?:[^'\\\\]|\\\\.)*'|\"(?:[^\"\\\\]|\\\\.)*\"/";
$str = "\"string 'c' \\\" string \\\" \" and ' string \"ste\" \\' '";
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