From 5c5f21987ca8cfe78554d7aba37c7c0d9a059cc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linty <lintydev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 12:46:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] (cp 32d3ea93f) fixes #2458 add polyfill for str_starts_with
 function

Introduces a compatibility implementation of str_starts_with for environments where it is not available. Updates common.inc.php to include the polyfill if the function does not exist.
---
 include/common.inc.php                 | 3 ++-
 include/php_compat/str_starts_with.php | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 include/php_compat/str_starts_with.php

diff --git a/include/common.inc.php b/include/common.inc.php
index 78ae39dcd..70d465d08 100644
--- a/include/common.inc.php
+++ b/include/common.inc.php
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ $filter = array();
 
 foreach(
   array(
-    'gzopen'
+    'gzopen',
+    'str_starts_with'
     ) as $func)
 {
   if (!function_exists($func))
diff --git a/include/php_compat/str_starts_with.php b/include/php_compat/str_starts_with.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fe793749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/php_compat/str_starts_with.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+if (!function_exists('str_starts_with'))
+{
+  function str_starts_with(string $haystack, string $needle): bool
+  {
+    return strlen($needle) === 0 || strpos($haystack, $needle) === 0;
+  }
+}