WP Rest API "posts" endpoint shows deprecated messages while WP_DEBUG True

[jeflopodev]

I was trying to use WP with AstroJs using the Rest API posts endpoint http://<domain>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts

Since I had define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );

I'm getting this as part of the output:

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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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<b>Deprecated</b>:  parse_str(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>C:\laragon\www\latest\wp-content\plugins\enhanced-embed-block-main\enhanced-embed-block.php</b> on line <b>178</b><br />
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Seems that the first parameter has a null value and parse_str() doesn't like that since it expects a string, or maybe there's no result and since it's mandatory as of php 8.0.0 it fails, or both I don't know 😅

Just sharing, in case you find it useful in any way.

[mrwweb]

Thanks for the report, @jeflopodev. I can see why this would end up happening. In fact, I'm a little surprised I didn't catch this one myself. I'll try to get an update out sooner than later.

This is untested, but if you need an immediate fix, I suspect you can replace line 178 with:

if( $params ) {
	parse_str( $params, $query );
}