<?php
$stringNotSpecial='mySite-1238459846.js'; //Works!
$stringSpecial='stuff BEFORE...<script src=\'/assets/mySite-0123456789.js\'></script>stuff AFTER...';
$timestamp='0123456789';
$pattern = '/mySite-[0-9]+.js/';
echo preg_replace($pattern, 'mySite-'.$timestamp.'.js', $stringNotSpecial); echo '<br>';
echo preg_replace($pattern, 'mySite-'.$timestamp.'.js', $stringSpecial);
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