@brianteeman sorry... Not able to test this.
Haven't worked with Cypres before and I get the followig

$ npx cypress run --spec '.\tests\System\integration\administrator\components\com_installer\'

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:55037/devtools/browser/14649bfd-0974-426f-b1ff-1fe4e532f79e
Can't run because no spec files were found.

We searched for specs matching this glob pattern:

  > /Users/hans2103/Development/Sites/joomla/public_html/.\tests\System\integration\administrator\components\com_installer\

Haven't worked with Cypres before and I get the followig

@hans2103 Thank you for trying to run Cypress-based System Tests 🚀

• System Tests are documented in detail in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms//blob/HEAD/tests/System
• Brian has given a directory; to run all test specifications in that directory, you can use a pattern like:
  npx cypress run --spec 'tests/System/integration/administrator/components/com_installer/*.cy.js'
  (And it looks like, you are using an Unix-based system, therefore use slashes / instead of back slashes \)
• I see old PHP Deprecated: array_slice() entries in my PHP error_log, but I do not see PHP Deprecated: array_slice() from running these two System Tests specifications
• Also tried to enable Log Deprecated API, but do not see any array_slice deprecation messages in administrator/logs/deprecated.php file

@brianteeman Could you please adjust/extend the test description?

No idea why you dont see the php error log entries - you should check your php logging and error reporting settings

This was deprecated in php 8.1 https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration81.deprecated.php

You wont see them in the Log Deprecated API log as that is for Joomla deprecations NOT php deprecations

https://www.google.com/search?q=array_slice()%3A+Passing+null&rlz=1C1GCEA_enGB1098GB1098&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I have been testing this PR and I get four tests passed.

       Spec                                              Tests  Passing  Failing  Pending  Skipped  
  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │ ✔  FromUrl.cy.js                            00:12        2        2        -        -        - │
  ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ ✔  Languages.cy.js                          00:02        2        2        -        -        - │
  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
    ✔  All specs passed!                        00:14        4        4        -        -        -  

However, there is no php error log created. I have tried with php8.3 and php8.4. I know this is something to do with my Apache/PHP installation on Mac but I do not know what. Thinking...

However, there is no php error log created.

for my local installation it is:

macOS $ php -i | grep error_log
error_log => /usr/local/var/log/php_errors.log => /usr/local/var/log/php_errors.log

Setting RTC as we have 2 approvals by experienced maintainers, and it is a no-brainer.

Final test before merge:

• I am not able to reproduce the problem, not even on Windows Laragon, where given directory is sufficient to run the Cypress tests inside
• I tried different installations with module, language or updating the system without ever see the deprecation (but see the deprecation in old PHP error log entries)
• Since the code change is simple to set limitstart to 0 for null, false or '' it is ok

Thank you @brianteeman for your contribution. Thank you @richard67, @hans2103, @ceford and @rdeutz for supporting this PR.