Finds a script handle for the selected block metadata field. It detects when a path to file was provided and optionally finds a corresponding asset file with details necessary to register the script under automatically generated handle name. It returns unprocessed script handle otherwise.
Parameters
$metadataarrayrequired- Block metadata.
$field_namestringrequired- Field name to pick from metadata.
$indexintoptional- Index of the script to register when multiple items passed.
Default 0.
Source
function 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.
$script_asset = ! empty( $script_asset_path ) ? require $script_asset_path : array();
$script_handle = isset( $script_asset['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 = isset( $script_asset['dependencies'] ) ? $script_asset['dependencies'] : array();
$block_version = isset( $metadata['version'] ) ? $metadata['version'] : false;
$script_version = isset( $script_asset['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;
}
Note that, because this function uses `plugins_url` internally, registering a script via the block.json metadata file only works for plugins, not themes.