[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41135: Backport PHP 7.1 fixes

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#41135: Backport PHP 7.1 fixes
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 Reporter:  johnbillion     |      Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  low             |  Milestone:  4.9
Component:  General         |    Version:  4.6
 Severity:  critical        |   Keywords:  needs-patch good-first-bug
  Focuses:                  |
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 In #37071, two fixes were made for issues related to PHP 7.1. The most
 visible is [37697] which avoids a fatal error when trying to log in,
 meaning users are unable to access the admin area.

 [37697] and [37720] should be backported so that, at a minimum, users can
 at least log in to pre-4.6 installations when running PHP 7.1+.

 Let's backport this to as many previous releases as possible where those
 two changesets apply cleanly. A separate patch should be created for each
 branch.

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