Issue #3439647 by catch: Skip query string compression if zlib extension isn't available

   *   The data compressed into a URL-safe string.

   */

  public static function compressQueryParameter(string $data): string {

    if (!\extension_loaded('zlib')) {

      return $data;

    }

    // Use 'base64url' encoding. Note that the '=' sign is only used for padding

    // on the right of the string, and is otherwise not part of the data.

    // @see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4648#section-5

   *   The uncompressed data or FALSE on failure.

   */

  public static function uncompressQueryParameter(string $compressed): string|bool {

    if (!\extension_loaded('zlib')) {

      return $compressed;

    }

    // Because this comes from user data, suppress the PHP warning that

    // gzcompress() throws if the base64-encoded string is invalid.

    return @gzuncompress(base64_decode(str_replace(['-', '_'], ['+', '/'], $compressed)));