Possible bug (not strict) use of preg_split in formatting.php

[pjsgsy]

Hello,

With PHP 8.4 and the latest 6.7.2, I get and error on my home page (using Salient theme if that matters).

The error is on line 3479 in formatting.php

$textarr = preg_split( '/(<.*>)/U', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE ); Capture the tags as well as in between.

This breaks the home page. it seems to be a lexical warning more than anything else so it can be fixed by suppressing the error

$textarr = @preg_split( '/(<.*>)/U', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE ); Capture the tags as well as in between.

This resolves the issue.

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63131

Thanks for the PR, but instead of hiding the error using @preg_split, we should rather explore why there is a warning at the first place and fix it if needed :)