fix: implicitly nullable parameter deprecation in PHP 8.4 (#165)

Author: theodorejb

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: [ '7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1' ]
+        php: [ '7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4' ]
         dependencies:
           - "lowest"
           - "highest"

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ We welcome direct contributions to the php-http-client code base. Thank you!
 
 ##### Prerequisites #####
 
-- PHP version 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, or 8.1
+- PHP version 7.3+
 - [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)
 
 ##### Initial setup: #####

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ All updates to this library are documented in our [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- PHP version 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, or 8.1
+- PHP version 7.3+
 
 ## Install with Composer
 

lib/Exception/InvalidRequest.php

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class InvalidRequest extends \Exception
     public function __construct(
         $message = '',
         $code = 0,
-        \Exception $previous = null
+        ?\Exception $previous = null
     ) {
         $message = 'Could not send request to server. ' .
             'CURL error ' . $code . ': ' . $message;