Code Modernization: Pass correct default value to `http_build_query()…

…` in `get_core_checksums()` and `wp_version_check()`.

The `get_core_checksums()` and `wp_version_check()` functions call the PHP native `http_build_query()` function, the second parameter of which is the ''optional'' `$numeric_prefix` parameter which expects a non-nullable `string`.

A parameter being optional, however, does not automatically make it nullable.

As of PHP 8.1, passing `null` to a non-nullable PHP native function will generate a deprecation notice.

In this case, this function call yielded a `http_build_query(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($numeric_prefix) of type string is deprecated` notice.

Changing the `null` to an empty string fixes this without a backward compatibility break.

References:
* [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.http-build-query.php PHP Manual: http_build_query()]
* [https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_null_to_scalar_internal_arg PHP RFC: Deprecate passing null to non-nullable arguments of internal functions]

Follow-up to [18697], [25540].

Props bjorsch, kraftbj, hellofromTonya, jrf.
See #54229.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@52019 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

src/wp-admin/includes/update.php

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function find_core_auto_update() {
  * @return array|false An array of checksums on success, false on failure.
  */
 function get_core_checksums( $version, $locale ) {
-	$http_url = 'http://api.wordpress.org/core/checksums/1.0/?' . http_build_query( compact( 'version', 'locale' ), null, '&' );
+	$http_url = 'http://api.wordpress.org/core/checksums/1.0/?' . http_build_query( compact( 'version', 'locale' ), '', '&' );
 	$url      = $http_url;
 
 	$ssl = wp_http_supports( array( 'ssl' ) );

src/wp-includes/update.php

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function wp_version_check( $extra_stats = array(), $force_check = false ) {
 		$query['channel'] = WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE;
 	}
 
-	$url      = 'http://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/1.7/?' . http_build_query( $query, null, '&' );
+	$url      = 'http://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/1.7/?' . http_build_query( $query, '', '&' );
 	$http_url = $url;
 	$ssl      = wp_http_supports( array( 'ssl' ) );