feat: save external dependencies as json instead of php

Our enqueue library can handle json just fine.

Author: swashata

packages/scripts/@types/json2php/index.d.ts

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 		"find-up": "^5.0.0",
 		"gradient-string": "^1.2.0",
 		"handlebars": "^4.7.7",
-		"json2php": "^0.0.4",
 		"less-loader": "7.3.0",
 		"lockfile": "^1.0.4",
 		"log-symbols": "^4.0.0",

packages/scripts/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
 import webpack, { Compiler } from 'webpack';
-import json2php from 'json2php';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ export class DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin {
 	}
 
 	stringify(asset: any) {
-		return `<?php return ${json2php(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(asset)))};`;
+		return JSON.stringify(asset, null, 2);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -144,7 +143,9 @@ export class DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin {
 
 			const assetString = this.stringify(assetData);
 
-			const fileName = `${entrypointName.split('?', 2)[0]}.dependencies.wp.php`;
+			const fileName = `${
+				entrypointName.split('?', 2)[0]
+			}.dependencies.wp.json`;
 			const outputPath = path.resolve(
 				this.compiler.outputPath,
 				this.options.appDir,

packages/scripts/src/plugins/DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.ts

@@ -7961,11 +7961,6 @@ json-stringify-safe@^5.0.1, json-stringify-safe@~5.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-stringify-safe/-/json-stringify-safe-5.0.1.tgz#1296a2d58fd45f19a0f6ce01d65701e2c735b6eb"
   integrity sha1-Epai1Y/UXxmg9s4B1lcB4sc1tus=
 
-json2php@^0.0.4:
-  version "0.0.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json2php/-/json2php-0.0.4.tgz#6bd85a1dda6a5dd7e91022bb24403cc1b7c2ee34"
-  integrity sha1-a9haHdpqXdfpECK7JEA8wbfC7jQ=
-
 json5@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-1.0.1.tgz#779fb0018604fa854eacbf6252180d83543e3dbe"