Commit 34a341e59f6 for php.net

commit 34a341e59f614b89f0cc282db8dca7399462b8bb
Merge: 52eb174ba66 7445b0f6d92
Author: ndossche <7771979+ndossche@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Wed Feb 4 18:35:29 2026 +0100

    Merge branch 'PHP-8.4' into PHP-8.5

    * PHP-8.4:
      Fix GH-20936: DatePeriod::__set_state() cannot handle null start

diff --cc NEWS
index a6314fec093,81d0a689972..23644c5d162
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@@ -14,6 -9,14 +14,10 @@@ PH
    . Fixed bug GH-20504 (Assertion failure in zend_get_property_guard when
      accessing properties on Reflection LazyProxy via isset()). (Arnaud)

 -- Curl:
 -  . Fixed bug GH-21023 (CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION crash with a null callback).
 -    (David Carlier)
 -
+ - Date:
+   . Fixed bug GH-20936 (DatePeriod::__set_state() cannot handle null start).
+     (ndossche)
+
  - DOM:
    . Fixed bug GH-21077 (Accessing Dom\Node::baseURI can throw TypeError).
      (ndossche)