diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 043eaf271..d1cf53e71 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@
 phpdoc.xml
 docs/api
 docs/cache
+
+# PHPUnit
+/.phpunit.cache
+.phpunit.result.cache
diff --git a/adodb-lib.inc.php b/adodb-lib.inc.php
index 92e02df56..4c2668b26 100644
--- a/adodb-lib.inc.php
+++ b/adodb-lib.inc.php
@@ -27,34 +27,26 @@
 global $ADODB_INCLUDED_LIB;
 $ADODB_INCLUDED_LIB = 1;
 
+/**
+ * Strip the ORDER BY clause from the outer SELECT.
+ *
+ * @param string $sql
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
 function adodb_strip_order_by($sql)
 {
-	preg_match_all('/(\sORDER\s+BY\s(?:[^)](?!LIMIT))*)/is', $sql, $arr);
-	if ($arr)
-	{
-		$tmp = array_pop($arr);
-		$arr = [1=>array_pop($tmp)];
-	}
-	if ($arr)
-		if (strpos($arr[1], '(') !== false) {
-			$at = strpos($sql, $arr[1]);
-			$cntin = 0;
-			for ($i=$at, $max=strlen($sql); $i < $max; $i++) {
-				$ch = $sql[$i];
-				if ($ch == '(') {
-					$cntin += 1;
-				} elseif($ch == ')') {
-					$cntin -= 1;
-					if ($cntin < 0) {
-						break;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			$sql = substr($sql,0,$at).substr($sql,$i);
-		} else {
-			$sql = str_replace($arr[1], '', $sql);
+	$num = preg_match_all('/(\sORDER\s+BY\s(?:[^)](?!LIMIT))*)/is', $sql, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
+	if ($num) {
+		// Get the last match
+		list($last_order_by, $offset) = array_pop($matches[1]);
+
+		// If we find a ')' after the last order by, then it belongs to a
+		// sub-query, not the outer SQL statement and should not be stripped
+		if (strpos($sql, ')', $offset) === false) {
+			$sql = str_replace($last_order_by, '', $sql);
 		}
-
+	}
 	return $sql;
 }
 
diff --git a/adodb.inc.php b/adodb.inc.php
index 718b7f096..cafef6751 100644
--- a/adodb.inc.php
+++ b/adodb.inc.php
@@ -3980,9 +3980,7 @@ function __construct($queryID,$mode=false) {
 	}
 
 	function __destruct() {
-		if($this->_queryID != -1) {
-			$this->Close();
-		}
+		$this->Close();
 	}
 
 	#[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 516afb0be..605aeb789 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -28,11 +28,24 @@ Older changelogs:
   [#814](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/814)
 
 
+## [5.22.4] - Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+- adodb_strip_order_by() throws deprecated warnings on PHP 8.1 
+  [#869](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/869)
+- adodb_strip_order_by() shouldn't strip clause from subqueries 
+  [#870](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/870)
+- mysqli: Fix mysqli_result could not be converted to int
+  [#867](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/867)
+
+
 ## [5.22.3] - 2022-09-06
 
 ### Fixed
 
 - alterColumnSql() and changeTableSQL() produce different SQL
+  [#124](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/124)
   [#383](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/383)
   [#865](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/865)
 - Fix PHP 8.1 deprecated warning in GetUpdateSQL()
@@ -1328,6 +1341,7 @@ Released together with [v4.95](changelog_v4.x.md#495---17-may-2007)
 
 [5.23.0]: https://github.com/adodb/adodb/compare/v5.22.3...master
 
+[5.22.4]: https://github.com/adodb/adodb/compare/v5.22.3...v5.22.4
 [5.22.3]: https://github.com/adodb/adodb/compare/v5.22.2...v5.22.3
 [5.22.2]: https://github.com/adodb/adodb/compare/v5.22.1...v5.22.2
 [5.22.1]: https://github.com/adodb/adodb/compare/v5.22.0...v5.22.1
diff --git a/tests/LibTest.php b/tests/LibTest.php
index 2f02e00e0..971dc6e62 100644
--- a/tests/LibTest.php
+++ b/tests/LibTest.php
@@ -39,6 +39,51 @@ public function setUp(): void
 		$this->db = ADONewConnection('mysqli');
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Test for {@see adodb_strip_order_by()}
+	 *
+	 * @dataProvider providerStripOrderBy
+	 */
+	public function testStripOrderBy($sql, $stripped): void
+	{
+		$this->assertSame($stripped, adodb_strip_order_by($sql));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Data provider for {@see testStripOrderBy()}
+	 *
+	 * @return array [SQL statement, SQL with ORDER BY clause stripped]
+	 */
+	public function providerStripOrderBy(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			'No order by clause' => [
+				"SELECT name FROM table",
+				"SELECT name FROM table"
+			],
+			'Simple order by clause' => [
+				"SELECT name FROM table ORDER BY name",
+				"SELECT name FROM table"
+			],
+			'Order by clause descending' => [
+				"SELECT name FROM table ORDER BY name DESC",
+				"SELECT name FROM table"
+			],
+			'Order by clause with limit' => [
+				"SELECT name FROM table ORDER BY name LIMIT 5",
+				"SELECT name FROM table LIMIT 5"
+			],
+			'Ordered Subquery with outer order by' => [
+				"SELECT * FROM table WHERE name IN (SELECT TOP 5 name FROM table_b ORDER by name) ORDER BY name DESC",
+				"SELECT * FROM table WHERE name IN (SELECT TOP 5 name FROM table_b ORDER by name)"
+			],
+			'Ordered Subquery without outer order by' => [
+				"SELECT * FROM table WHERE name IN (SELECT TOP 5 name FROM table_b ORDER by name)",
+				"SELECT * FROM table WHERE name IN (SELECT TOP 5 name FROM table_b ORDER by name)"
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Test for {@see _adodb_quote_fieldname()}
 	 *