Database: Don’t trigger `_doing_it_wrong()` for null values in `wpdb::prepare()`.

While `wpdb::prepare()` does not support null values (see #12819) they still appear in the wild like in the WordPress Importer and other plugins.

Merges [41483] to 4.7 branch.


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wp-includes/version.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.7.6-alpha-41472';
+$wp_version = '4.7.6-alpha-41485';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.

wp-includes/wp-db.php

@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ class wpdb {
 		}
 
 		foreach ( $args as $arg ) {
-			if ( ! is_scalar( $arg ) ) {
+			if ( ! is_scalar( $arg ) && ! is_null( $arg ) ) {
 				_doing_it_wrong( 'wpdb::prepare', sprintf( 'Unsupported value type (%s).', gettype( $arg ) ), '4.7.6' );
 			}
 		}