wp-includes/blocks.php:267Finds a script handle for the selected block metadata field.
$metadataarray$field_namestring$indexintoptional0string|falsefunction register_block_script_handle( $metadata, $field_name, $index = 0 ) { if ( empty( $metadata[ $field_name ] ) ) { return false; } $script_handle_or_path = $metadata[ $field_name ]; if ( is_array( $script_handle_or_path ) ) { if ( empty( $script_handle_or_path[ $index ] ) ) { return false; } $script_handle_or_path = $script_handle_or_path[ $index ]; } $script_path = remove_block_asset_path_prefix( $script_handle_or_path ); if ( $script_handle_or_path === $script_path ) { return $script_handle_or_path; } $path = dirname( $metadata['file'] ); $script_asset_raw_path = $path . '/' . substr_replace( $script_path, '.asset.php', - strlen( '.js' ) ); $script_asset_path = wp_normalize_path( realpath( $script_asset_raw_path ) ); // Asset file for blocks is optional. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60460. /** @var array{ handle?: non-falsy-string, dependencies?: list<non-falsy-string>, version?: string|false|null, ... } $script_asset */ $script_asset = ! empty( $script_asset_path ) ? require $script_asset_path : array(); $script_handle = $script_asset['handle'] ?? generate_block_asset_handle( $metadata['name'], $field_name, $index ); if ( wp_script_is( $script_handle, 'registered' ) ) { return $script_handle; } $script_path_norm = wp_normalize_path( realpath( $path . '/' . $script_path ) ); $script_uri = get_block_asset_url( $script_path_norm ); $script_dependencies = $script_asset['dependencies'] ?? array(); $block_version = $metadata['version'] ?? false; $script_version = $script_asset['version'] ?? $block_version; $script_args = array(); if ( 'viewScript' === $field_name && $script_uri ) { $script_args['strategy'] = 'defer'; } $result = wp_register_script( $script_handle, $script_uri, $script_dependencies, $script_version, $script_args ); if ( ! $result ) { return false; } if ( ! empty( $metadata['textdomain'] ) && in_array( 'wp-i18n', $script_dependencies, true ) ) { wp_set_script_translations( $script_handle, $metadata['textdomain'] ); } return $script_handle;}Introduced in 5.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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