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When a URL contains array-style GET parameters for a hierarchical taxonomy (e.g. ?product_cat[]=clothing or ?category_name[]=foo), wp_basename() receives an array instead of a string. This causes a fatal TypeError on PHP 8+ because urlencode() inside wp_basename() only accepts strings.

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  • Added is_string() check before calling wp_basename() on the taxonomy query var value in WP_Query::parse_tax_query().
  • The existing is_array() check on the next line already handles array values correctly, so this change only prevents the fatal crash without altering query behavior.
  • Added a unit test to verify the query completes without a TypeError when a hierarchical taxonomy query var is passed as an array.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64870
Props patricedefago.
Fixes #64870.

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When a URL contains array-style GET parameters for a hierarchical
taxonomy (e.g. ?category_name[]=foo), wp_basename() receives an array
instead of a string, causing a fatal TypeError on PHP 8+.

Added is_string() check before calling wp_basename() on the taxonomy
query var value. The existing is_array() check on the next line already
handles array values correctly, so this change only prevents the crash.

Adds a unit test to verify the query completes without a TypeError
when a hierarchical taxonomy query var is passed as an array.

Props patricedefago.
Fixes #64870.
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A commit was made that fixes the Trac ticket referenced in the description of this pull request.

SVN changeset: 62047
GitHub commit: dab1852

This PR will be closed, but please confirm the accuracy of this and reopen if there is more work to be done.

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