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Deprecated: stripos(): Error in WordPress After Updating to php 8.1

Showing this error msg after upgrading to php 8.1 in wordpress

Deprecated: stripos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /public_html/wp-includes/functions.wp-styles.php on line 90

Here is the function which i found in the functions.wp-styles.php

function wp_add_inline_style( $handle, $data ) {
    _wp_scripts_maybe_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, $handle );

    if ( false !== stripos( $data, '</style>' ) ) {
        _doing_it_wrong(
            __FUNCTION__,
            sprintf(
                /* translators: 1: <style>, 2: wp_add_inline_style() */
                __( 'Do not pass %1$s tags to %2$s.' ),
                '<code>&lt;style&gt;</code>',
                '<code>wp_add_inline_style()</code>'
            ),
            '3.7.0'
        );
        $data = trim( preg_replace( '#<style[^>]*>(.*)</style>#is', '$1', $data ) );
    }

    return wp_styles()->add_inline_style( $handle, $data );
}

Here is the 90 number line inside this code which causes the error,
if ( false !== stripos( $data, '</style>' ) ) {

I upgraded to php 8.1 and then i got this error message, i want to solve this problem.

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Answers


  1. 0

    It means that $data is null and you cannot pass null to string methods since 8.1.

    You should investigate why $data is null first, and fix that as this may be alluding you to a real issue.

    However, if you’re after a quick-fix you can just change:

    if ( false !== stripos( $data, '</style>' ) ) {

    to

    if ( false !== stripos( $data ?? '', '</style>' ) ) {

    This will ensure that a string is always provided as the first parameter, even if $data is null or unset.

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  2. 0

    This is a WordPress core problem. For best results use php 8.0 or earlier with WordPress, or turn off WP_DEBUG.

    Your site works fine with deprecation notices, they are just a nuisance.

    Avoid changing core code on your site if possible.

    In the core team, work to eliminate php 8.x deprecation notices is ongoing. Read this.

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