[4.2] WebClient.php deprecated elements on PHP8.1

[imperpl]

Steps to reproduce the issue

webclient.php:
---(stripos($userAgent,
+++(stripos((string) $userAgent,

Expected result

Actual result

System information (as much as possible)

PHP 8.1

Additional comments

Deprecated lines 303, 308, 313, 318, 323, 328, 333, 338, 343

[joomdonation]

Thanks @imperpl for reporting the issue. I reported it to Joomla framework application package repo joomla-framework/application#114. We will try to have it fixed ASAP and hopefully, have the fix includes in Joomla 4.3.

[brianteeman]

Closing this here as the relevant issue as been created upstream

[richard67]

Please test #42937 . Thanks in advance.

[richard67]

For 5.x this issue has been fixed with PR #42945 , which will be part of the 5.1.0-beta1 coming up tomorrow.

For 4.4 it still needs to be fixed.