diff --git a/internal/extgen/constparser.go b/internal/extgen/constparser.go
index 86f80337cf..fea8c8c9cb 100644
--- a/internal/extgen/constparser.go
+++ b/internal/extgen/constparser.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 var constRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`//\s*export_php:const$`)
 var classConstRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`//\s*export_php:classconst\s+(\w+)$`)
 var constDeclRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`const\s+(\w+)\s*=\s*(.+)`)
+var constBlockDeclRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\w+)\s*=\s*(.+)$`)
+var constNameRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\w+)$`)
 
 type ConstantParser struct{}
 
@@ -109,7 +111,6 @@ func (cp *ConstantParser) parse(filename string) (constants []phpConstant, err e
 			expectConstDecl = false
 			expectClassConstDecl = false
 		} else if inConstBlock && (expectConstDecl || expectClassConstDecl || exportAllInBlock) {
-			constBlockDeclRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`^(\w+)\s*=\s*(.+)$`)
 			if matches := constBlockDeclRegex.FindStringSubmatch(line); len(matches) == 3 {
 				name := matches[1]
 				value := strings.TrimSpace(matches[2])
@@ -139,7 +140,6 @@ func (cp *ConstantParser) parse(filename string) (constants []phpConstant, err e
 				expectConstDecl = false
 				expectClassConstDecl = false
 			} else {
-				constNameRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`^(\w+)$`)
 				if matches := constNameRegex.FindStringSubmatch(line); len(matches) == 2 {
 					name := matches[1]