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Administration: Prevent PHP deprecation notice in get_admin_page_title()#12590

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Prevents a PHP 8.1+ deprecation notice when calling get_admin_page_title() on admin pages where the global $plugin_page is null (e.g., Tools, Plugins pages).

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59365

Changes:

  • Adds an early type guard in get_admin_page_title() to ensure $plugin_page is a string before passing it to get_plugin_page_hook()

…e().

When calling get_admin_page_title() on admin pages where the global
$plugin_page is null (such as Tools, Plugins, etc.), PHP 8.1 triggers a
deprecation notice because null is passed to get_plugin_page_hook() which
passes it to preg_replace() via get_plugin_page_hookname().

While the function correctly handles null via isset() checks later, the
initial call to get_plugin_page_hook() passed null directly. Adding an
early type guard ensures $plugin_page is always a string before being
passed down the call chain.

Props hellofromTonya for the suggested approach.
Fixes #59365.
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