Fix "ord(): Providing an empty string is deprecated" PHP 8.5 warning in Less_Parser
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	Krinkle
	Dec 1 2025, 5:48 PM

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The new php85 job is failing, this is one of the issues preventing it from passing:

1) /src/lib/Less/Parser.php:1585
PHP Deprecated: ord(): Providing an empty string is deprecated

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Less_Parser: Fix "ord(): Providing an empty string is deprecated" PHP 8.5 warning	mediawiki/libs/less.php	master	+1 -1

		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		Hokwelum	T411213 mediawiki/libs/less.php release for PHP 8.5
		Resolved		Hokwelum	T411397 Fix "ord(): Providing an empty string is deprecated" PHP 8.5 warning in Less_Parser

ord() has a few issues, requiring changes and guarding... It may make more sense to use other functions.

Hokwelum changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Dec 4 2025, 3:45 PM

Change #1218783 had a related patch set uploaded (by Hokwelum; author: Hokwelum):

[mediawiki/libs/less.php@master] Less_Parser: Fix ord(): Providing an empty string is deprecated PHP 8.5 warning

Change #1218783 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/libs/less.php@master] Less_Parser: Fix "ord(): Providing an empty string is deprecated" PHP 8.5 warning

Krinkle closed this task as Resolved.Dec 17 2025, 11:35 AM