wiki.techinc.nl/includes/ResourceLoader/MwUrlModule.php

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 * @file
 */

namespace MediaWiki\ResourceLoader;

/**
 * @ingroup ResourceLoader
 * @internal
 */
class MwUrlModule {
	/**
	 * @param string $content JavaScript RegExp content with additional whitespace
	 *  and named capturing group allowed, which will be stripped.
	 * @return string JavaScript code
	 */
	public static function makeJsFromExtendedRegExp( string $content ): string {
		// Remove whitespace.
		$content = preg_replace( '/\s+/', '', $content );
		// Remove named capturing groups.
		// This allows long regexes to be self-documenting, which we allow for
		// developer convenience, but this syntax is invalid JavaScript ES5.
		$content = preg_replace( '/\?<\w+?>/', '', $content );
		// Format as a valid JavaScript import.
		return 'module.exports = /' . strtr( $content, [ '/' => '\/' ] ) . '/;';
	}
}