wp-admin/includes/template.php:2499Tests support for compressing JavaScript from PHP.
function compression_test() { ?> <script> var compressionNonce = <?php echo wp_json_encode( wp_create_nonce( 'update_can_compress_scripts' ), JSON_HEX_TAG | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES ); ?>; var testCompression = { get : function(test) { var x; if ( window.XMLHttpRequest ) { x = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else { try{x=new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');}catch(e){try{x=new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');}catch(e){};} } if (x) { x.onreadystatechange = function() { var r, h; if ( x.readyState == 4 ) { r = x.responseText.substr(0, 18); h = x.getResponseHeader('Content-Encoding'); testCompression.check(r, h, test); } }; x.open('GET', ajaxurl + '?action=wp-compression-test&test='+test+'&_ajax_nonce='+compressionNonce+'&'+(new Date()).getTime(), true); x.send(''); } }, check : function(r, h, test) { if ( ! r && ! test ) this.get(1); if ( 1 == test ) { if ( h && ( h.match(/deflate/i) || h.match(/gzip/i) ) ) this.get('no'); else this.get(2); return; } if ( 2 == test ) { if ( '"wpCompressionTest' === r ) this.get('yes'); else this.get('no'); } } }; testCompression.check(); </script> <?php}Introduced in 2.8.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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