From c20584c7c7359b2c71217d8a0e0a505e4a5796cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Jorbin <622599+aaronjorbin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:15:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] backport [61405]

---
 src/wp-admin/includes/export.php       |   4 +-
 tests/phpunit/tests/admin/exportWp.php | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/export.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/export.php
index 9d5903a98c5c3..916980113bdf9 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/export.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/export.php
@@ -239,10 +239,12 @@ function export_wp( $args = array() ) {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.1.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $str String to wrap in XML CDATA tag.
+	 * @param string|null $str String to wrap in XML CDATA tag. May be null.
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	function wxr_cdata( $str ) {
+		$str = (string) $str;
+
 		if ( ! wp_is_valid_utf8( $str ) ) {
 			$str = utf8_encode( $str );
 		}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/exportWp.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/exportWp.php
index ebb60018c0e7a..1f1219f8267ac 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/exportWp.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/exportWp.php
@@ -290,4 +290,155 @@ private function populate_args_post_authors( array &$args, $expected_ids ) {
 		$post_ids_key   = $expected_ids[0];
 		$args['author'] = self::$post_ids[ $post_ids_key ]['post_author'];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that export handles posts with NULL postmeta values without fatal errors.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 64347
+	 */
+	public function test_export_with_null_postmeta_values() {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		$post_id = self::factory()->post->create(
+			array(
+				'post_title'   => 'Test Post with NULL Meta',
+				'post_content' => 'Test content',
+				'post_type'    => 'post',
+			)
+		);
+
+		// Add multiple types of postmeta values.
+		add_post_meta( $post_id, 'string_meta', 'normal string' );
+		add_post_meta( $post_id, 'numeric_string_meta', 123 );
+		add_post_meta( $post_id, 'empty_string_meta', '' );
+		add_post_meta(
+			$post_id,
+			'array_meta',
+			array(
+				'key' => 'value',
+			)
+		);
+
+		// Directly insert NULL and non-string values into postmeta.
+		$wpdb->insert(
+			$wpdb->postmeta,
+			array(
+				'post_id'    => $post_id,
+				'meta_key'   => 'null_meta',
+				'meta_value' => null,
+			),
+			array( '%d', '%s', '%s' )
+		);
+
+		$xml = $this->get_the_export(
+			array(
+				'content' => 'post',
+			)
+		);
+
+		$this->assertNotFalse( $xml, 'Export should not fail with NULL postmeta values' );
+		$this->assertGreaterThan( 0, count( $xml->channel->item ), 'Export should contain items' );
+
+		// Post should be present in export.
+		$found_post = false;
+		foreach ( $xml->channel->item as $item ) {
+			$wp_item = $item->children( 'wp', true );
+			if ( (int) $wp_item->post_id === $post_id ) {
+				$found_post = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->assertTrue( $found_post, 'Post with NULL metadata should be included in export' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that export handles comments with NULL values without fatal errors.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 64347
+	 */
+	public function test_export_with_null_comment_values() {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		$post_id = self::factory()->post->create(
+			array(
+				'post_title' => 'Test Post for Comments',
+				'post_type'  => 'post',
+			)
+		);
+
+		$comment_id = self::factory()->comment->create(
+			array(
+				'comment_post_ID' => $post_id,
+				'comment_content' => 'Test comment',
+			)
+		);
+
+		// Insert NULL comment meta.
+		$wpdb->insert(
+			$wpdb->commentmeta,
+			array(
+				'comment_id' => $comment_id,
+				'meta_key'   => 'null_comment_meta',
+				'meta_value' => null,
+			),
+			array( '%d', '%s', '%s' )
+		);
+
+		$xml = $this->get_the_export(
+			array(
+				'content' => 'post',
+			)
+		);
+
+		$this->assertNotFalse( $xml, 'Export should not fail with NULL comment meta values' );
+		$this->assertGreaterThan( 0, count( $xml->channel->item ), 'Export should contain items' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that export handles term meta with NULL values without fatal errors.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 64347
+	 */
+	public function test_export_with_null_term_meta_values() {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		// Create term.
+		$term = self::factory()->term->create(
+			array(
+				'taxonomy' => 'category',
+				'name'     => 'Test Category',
+			)
+		);
+
+		$post_id = self::factory()->post->create(
+			array(
+				'post_title'  => 'Test Post with Category',
+				'post_type'   => 'post',
+				'post_status' => 'publish',
+			)
+		);
+
+		wp_set_object_terms( $post_id, $term, 'category' );
+
+		// Insert NULL term meta.
+		$wpdb->insert(
+			$wpdb->termmeta,
+			array(
+				'term_id'    => $term,
+				'meta_key'   => 'null_term_meta',
+				'meta_value' => null,
+			),
+			array( '%d', '%s', '%s' )
+		);
+
+		$xml = $this->get_the_export(
+			array(
+				'content' => 'all',
+			)
+		);
+
+		$this->assertNotFalse( $xml, 'Export should not fail with NULL term meta values' );
+		$this->assertGreaterThan( 0, count( $xml->channel->item ), 'Export should contain items' );
+	}
 }