PHP 8.4 deprecation fixes

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Prominent deprecation in PHP 8.4:
This is a prominent deprecation in PHP 8.4 and legacy PHP applications will likely cause deprecation notices due to this change in PHP 8.4. The suggested replacement is straight-forward, safe, and works in PHP 7.1 and later.

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