Incompatible with PHP 8.2+

and the patch

patch fails, I don't know why

solved.
the issue was with an environment variable in my system.

@drupaldope, it's not clear to me whether the issue is resolved with your patch or whether the whole issue was a false report.
Could you please clarify?

@vensires
the patch resolves the issue.

@drupaldope thank you for the clarification! I set it as Needs Review then!

The original patch had set the return value in the catch{} block and it's actually working. My suggestion in the MR is to instead have it at the end of the function. It seems more clear to me.

@vensires
thank you - but did you test your suggestion ?

No, I didn't test it to be honest. It seemed like a small change. Did you review my solution yourself?