From 321b175ceb0b67f4fc5a16c3c98fb7f8b1ef32e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Himanshu Pathak <himanshu.pathak@rtcamp.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:00:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Formatting: Skip readonly properties in map_deep() to prevent
 fatal errors on PHP 8.1+.

---
 src/wp-includes/formatting.php | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 2b32b5aafb05d..4d159ee29f260 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -5145,6 +5145,13 @@ function map_deep( $value, $callback ) {
 	} elseif ( is_object( $value ) ) {
 		$object_vars = get_object_vars( $value );
 		foreach ( $object_vars as $property_name => $property_value ) {
+			if ( PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80100 ) {
+				$reflection_property = new ReflectionProperty( $value, $property_name );
+				if ( $reflection_property->isReadOnly() ) {
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
 			$value->$property_name = map_deep( $property_value, $callback );
 		}
 	} else {