How to remove JS comments using PHP?

Question

How to remove JS comments using PHP? This question is updated: Nov. 4 2013 and answered by: Alexander Yancharuk But there is a problem right now. A new code: id = id.replace(/\//g,'');

This is my example:

<?php
$output = "
//remove comment
this1 //remove comment
this2 /* remove comment */
this3 /* remove
comment */
this4 /* * * remove
* * * *
comment * * */
this5 http://removecomment.com
id = id.replace(/\//g,''); //do not remove the regex //
";

$output = preg_replace( "/(?:(?:\/\*(?:[^*]|(?:\*+[^*\/]))*\*+\/)|(?:(?<!\:)\/\/.*))/", "", $output ); //Yancharuk's code/regex
// "/(?<!\:)\/\/(.*)\\n/ = my oldest code

echo nl2br($output);
?>

My Problems;

1. Something wrong with the this1 line;
2. The //comments is working but I can't create a codes to remove /* comment */ or by that comment with a line break

Here is the output, recent:

this1
this2
this3
this4
this5 http://removecomment.com
id = id.replace(/\

Answer 1

Alexander Yancharuk solution is nearly perfect, he just forgot to ignore double quotes, making his answer break on jquery.min.js which contains the code : replace(Fb,yb[1]+"//")

Please find below the corrected version :

$output = "
//remove comment
this1 //remove comment
this2 /* remove comment */
this3 /* remove
comment */
this4 /* * * remove
* * * *
comment * * */
this5 http://removecomment.com
id = id.replace(/\//g,''); //do not remove the regex //
HTTP+'//www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion'
";

$pattern = '/(?:(?:\/\*(?:[^*]|(?:\*+[^*\/]))*\*+\/)|(?:(?<!\:|\\\|\'|\")\/\/.*))/';
$output = preg_replace($pattern, '', $output);

echo nl2br($output);

I used this to create a on-the-flow JS compression in PHP based on Manas Tungare example for CSS : http://manas.tungare.name/software/css-compression-in-php/

<?php

/**
 * On-the-fly JS Compression by A. Heiligtag
 * Based on On-the-fly CSS Compression by  Manas Tungare.
 *
 * In order to minimize the number and size of HTTP requests for JS content,
 * this script combines multiple JS files into a single file and compresses
 * it on-the-fly.
 *
 */
$cssFiles = array(
    //<!-- Bootstrap -->
    // <!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
    "./js/jquery-1.11.3.min.js",
    // <!-- Bootstrap core JavaScript
    "./js/bootstrap.min.js",
    // <!-- IE10 viewport hack for Surface/desktop Windows 8 bug -->
    "./js/ie10-viewport-bug-workaround.js",

     // <!-- Jasny bootstrap -->
    "./js/jasny-bootstrap.min.js",

    // <!-- color picker : https://github.com/istvan-ujjmeszaros/bootstrap-colorpickersliders / http://www.virtuosoft.eu/code/bootstrap-colorpickersliders/ -->
    // <!-- ‘Polyglot’ Language Switcher 2 : http://www.ixtendo.com/polyglot-language-switcher-2/ -->
    "./js/jquery-polyglot.language.switcher.js"

);

/**
 * Ideally, you wouldn't need to change any code beyond this point.
 */
$buffer = "";
foreach ($cssFiles as $cssFile) {
  $buffer .= file_get_contents($cssFile);
}
// Remove comments
$buffer = preg_replace('/(?:(?:\/\*(?:[^*]|(?:\*+[^*\/]))*\*+\/)|(?:(?<!\:|\\\|\'|\")\/\/.*))/', '', $buffer);
// Remove space after colons
$buffer = str_replace(': ', ':', $buffer);
// Remove space before equal signs
$buffer = str_replace(' =', '=', $buffer);
// Remove space after equal signs
$buffer = str_replace('= ', '=', $buffer);
// Remove whitespace
$buffer = str_replace(array("\r\n\r\n", "\n\n", "\r\r", '\t', '  ', '    ', '    '), '', $buffer);
// Enable GZip encoding.
ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
// Enable caching
header('Cache-Control: public');
// Expire in one day
header('Expires: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', time() + 86400) . ' GMT');
// Set the correct MIME type, because Apache won't set it for us
header("Content-type: application/javascript");
// Write everything out
echo($buffer);
?>