From 32dd9cdc4572907f30d1c96863fa405094e53e15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dries Vints <dries@vints.be>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 11:46:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix deprecation with null value in cache FileStore

---
 src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php b/src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php
index b18e568f6407..9d5e2e95c872 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php
@@ -290,9 +290,11 @@ protected function getPayload($key)
         // just return null. Otherwise, we'll get the contents of the file and get
         // the expiration UNIX timestamps from the start of the file's contents.
         try {
-            $expire = substr(
-                $contents = $this->files->get($path, true), 0, 10
-            );
+            if (is_null($contents = $this->files->get($path, true))) {
+                return $this->emptyPayload();
+            }
+
+            $expire = substr($contents, 0, 10);
         } catch (Exception) {
             return $this->emptyPayload();
         }