Title: PHP Deprecated: Using null as an array offset is deprecated, use an empty string
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# PHP Deprecated: Using null as an array offset is deprecated, use an empty string

 *  Resolved [Andrew1977](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew1977/)
 * (@andrew1977)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-deprecated-using-null-as-an-array-offset-is-deprecated-use-an-empty-string/)
 * Have created a pull request which fixes the following warning, which occurs when
   upgrading to PHP 8.5:
 * PHP Deprecated: Using null as an array offset is deprecated, use an empty string
   instead in schema-and-structured-data-for-wp/output/gutenberg.php on line 412
 * Pull request which fixes this below:
 * [https://github.com/ahmedkaludi/schema-and-structured-data-for-wp/pull/2437](https://github.com/ahmedkaludi/schema-and-structured-data-for-wp/pull/2437)
 * Kind Regards,
 * Andy

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 *  Plugin Support [Sanjeev Kumar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanjeevsetu/)
 * (@sanjeevsetu)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-deprecated-using-null-as-an-array-offset-is-deprecated-use-an-empty-string/#post-18891307)
 * Hi [@andrew1977](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew1977/),
 * Thanks for the PR. We’ll certainly review it on GitHub and take the necessary
   action.

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 * Last activity: [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-deprecated-using-null-as-an-array-offset-is-deprecated-use-an-empty-string/#post-18891307)
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