PHP Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in categories_ul_generator.php line 73

[Note: ZC version 1.5.5.f, , PHP version 7.2, etc ]
I think you have fixed this bug in 1.5.6. But was reading the php manual as I think the warning occoured as a result of moving from 7.0 to 7.2. Have same issue in 7.1.
In 1.5.6 you have inserted

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$level = (int)$level; 


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in \includes\classes\categories_ul_generator.php line 58 to change the '' string that you have to 0 (zero) the manual suggest that casting a string to integer if fine if it contains numbers however it suggest the any other behaviour could change without warning. Could i suggest that perhaps you should consider changing the call in the same module line 86 from

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 function buildTree($submenu=false)
    {
        return $this->buildBranch($this->root_category_id, '', $submenu);
    } 


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to

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 function buildTree($submenu=false)
    {
        return $this->buildBranch($this->root_category_id, NULL, $submenu);
    } 


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this appears to solve the issue.
Regards
Mark

Thanks.

The "$level = (int)$level;" fix is sufficient for all known PHP versions.

Your suggestion of switching to NULL is noted (and good), however in doing that I'd make a few more changes. We will consider that for a future update. In the meantime, the v156 code contains a suitable fix.