Deprecated: mb_strlen(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated iin /wp-content/plugins/pods/includes/data.php on line 1548

[oldrup]

Description

When creating a new post with a website field, this deprecation warning is being shown:

Also, when I in fact insert an URL, a rogue colon (highlighted in yellow) is inserted after the domain, and a hashtag is appended.

My website field options are per default:

Is that something you can reproduce

Version

3.0.6

Testing Instructions

No response

Screenshots / Screencast

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Possible Workaround

Setting the Website field format to "no format" removes the ekstra colon and the hasttag from the backend view.

Site Health Information

PHP 8.1

Pods Package

No response

[cmacht]

I'm facing the same deprecation warning, however I'm not getting colons and hashes.

I think I fixed it but am not PHP-savvy enough to make a Pull Request. Passing a Null value instead of string seems to have been deprecated in PHP 8.1 and should be fixed by type casting with (string) in the offending line.

function pods_mb_strlen( $string ) {
	if ( function_exists( 'mb_strlen' ) ) {
		return mb_strlen( (string) $string );
	}