PHP 8.5 bug with Elementor 4.2.2

Hi Paul,

My name is Job, Tier 2 Technical Customer Experience Specialist at Elementor. Thank you for reaching out and providing the specific stack trace regarding the PHP notice you observed.Technical Assessment

The message reported (Implicitly marking parameter $key as nullable is deprecated) is a PHP deprecation warning triggered by stricter type declaration handling in newer PHP environments. Deprecation notices are informational logs designed to notify developers of upcoming language syntax changes; they do not represent a functional failure, bug or a breaking error within the execution flow.

Our developers are aware of these PHP type-hinting requirements and has an active tracking task to address explicit nullable declarations in alignment with future PHP versions.

Please note that directly modifying core plugin files (such as atomic-global-styles.php) is not recommended, as any custom changes will be overwritten during subsequent plugin updates and may introduce unexpected environment-related behaviors.

In production environments, PHP notices and warnings should be suppressed from front-end display to maintain security and prevent layout pollution.

Workarounds

1. Revert any manual edits made to atomic-global-styles.php to preserve core integrity.
2. Access your site files via FTP or your hosting control panel’s File Manager and edit the wp-config.php file.
3. Add or update the following debugging constants directly above the line that reads /* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */:

if ( ! defined( 'WP_DEBUG' ) ) {
    define( 'WP_DEBUG', false );
}
if ( ! defined( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY' ) ) {
    define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
}

This configuration ensures that deprecation notices are silenced on the front end while allowing the site to run normally while our development team incorporates these syntax updates in future releases.

Kind regards,