Commit cadc689e6b4 for php

commit cadc689e6b44237b866bd80eb1ba2f7c665c7b2e
Author: Sjoerd Langkemper <sjoerd-github@linuxonly.nl>
Date:   Mon Oct 26 21:19:58 2026 +0100

    ext/standard: remove unnecessary var_hash check (#24744)

    var_hash is never null. It is dereferenced elsewhere in the function, so
    this function would already crash if it were null. Remove null check and
    add assertion.

diff --git a/ext/standard/var.c b/ext/standard/var.c
index 689594ef240..40ce296ab08 100644
--- a/ext/standard/var.c
+++ b/ext/standard/var.c
@@ -1124,6 +1124,8 @@ static void php_var_serialize_intern(smart_str *buf, zval *struc, php_serialize_
 	zend_long var_already;
 	HashTable *myht;

+	ZEND_ASSERT(var_hash != NULL);
+
 	if (EG(exception)) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1132,7 +1134,7 @@ static void php_var_serialize_intern(smart_str *buf, zval *struc, php_serialize_
 		return;
 	}

-	if (var_hash && (var_already = php_add_var_hash(var_hash, struc, in_rcn_array))) {
+	if ((var_already = php_add_var_hash(var_hash, struc, in_rcn_array))) {
 		if (var_already == -1) {
 			/* Reference to an object that failed to serialize, replace with null. */
 			smart_str_appendl(buf, "N;", 2);