Commit b8bcbbc5250 for php.net

commit b8bcbbc5250ac2a611256fc18b2013862b23f7ed
Merge: 9905878a4ad 05202568c43
Author: Ilia Alshanetsky <ilia@ilia.ws>
Date:   Tue Aug 4 15:28:03 2026 -0400

    Merge branch 'PHP-8.5'

    * PHP-8.5:
      Fix GH-23016: pdo_odbc returns garbage for NULL long columns

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 -?? ??? ????, PHP 8.5.10
 +?? ??? ????, PHP 8.6.0beta1

  - Core:
 -  . Fixed bug GH-22782 (Const expr FCC crashes under preloading). (Arnaud)
 +  . Changed run-tests.php to run test subprocesses without a shell where
 +    possible. (NickSdot)

 -- Date:
 -  . Fixed leak on double DatePeriod::__construct() call. (ilutov)
 +- GMP:
 +  . Added optional $definitely_prime output parameter to gmp_prevprime().
 +    (Weilin Du)
 +  . Added gmp_powm_sec(). (Weilin Du)
 +
 +- Intl:
 +  . Fixed Collator::sort(), collator_sort(), Collator::asort(), and
 +    collator_asort() to report UTF-8/UTF-16 conversion errors through the intl
 +    error handler instead of emitting a warning and continuing with an empty
 +    string. (Weilin Du)
 +  . Fixed IntlListFormatter::__construct() leaving stale global error state
 +    after successful calls. (Weilin Du)
 +  . Implemented GH-20255 (Add a predefined calendar constant in
 +    IntlDateFormatter for the proleptic gregorian calendar). (David Carlier)
 +  . Added SpoofChecker::areBidiConfusable(). (David Carlier)
 +  . Added SpoofChecker::getBidiSkeleton(). (Weilin Du)
 +
++- PDO_ODBC:
++  . Fixed bug GH-23016 (NULL values in long columns come back as garbage
++    binary strings). (Calvin Buckley, iliaal)
++
 +- Reflection:
 +  . Added ReflectionAttribute::inNamespace(),
 +    ReflectionAttribute::getNamespaceName(), and
 +    ReflectionAttribute::getShortName(). (Girgias)
 +  . Fixed bug GH-22905 (Reflection exception messages truncate on null bytes).
 +    (DanielEScherzer)
 +  . Fixed ReflectionProperty::isLazy() and skipLazyInitialization() using the
 +    parent slot when a child class hooks an inherited property. (iliaal)
 +  . Fixed segfault in ReflectionMethod::createFromMethodName() on an
 +    uninstantiable subclass. (iliaal)
 +
 +- Standard:
 +  . Added the "filter.max_filter_count" stream context option for php://filter
 +    URLs. Using more than 16 filters without configuring this option is now
 +    deprecated. (Sjoerd Langkemper)
 +  . The following functions now raise a ValueError when the $filename argument
 +    contains NUL bytes: fileperms(), fileinode(), filesize(), fileowner(),
 +    filegroup(), fileatime(), filemtime(), filectime(), filetype(),
 +    is_writable(), is_readable(), is_executable(), is_file(), is_dir(),
 +    is_link(), file_exists(), lstat(), stat(). (Girgias)
 +  . Fixed bug GH-22818 (stream_filter_register() orphaned user_filter_map on
 +    shutdown re-registration). (David Carlier)
 +
 +30 Jul 2026, PHP 8.6.0alpha3
 +
 +- Core:
 +  . Implemented partial function application RFC. (Arnaud)
 +  . Fixed bug GH-22263 (reset typed property default on every unserialize
 +    failure path). (David Carlier)
 +  . Fixed bug GH-18985 (Wrong line numbers for match with constant arms).
 +    (ilutov)
 +  . Fixed bug GH-18847 (SEGV in zend_fetch_debug_backtrace() when the memory
 +    limit is reached while the tracing JIT enters a call frame). (Arnaud,
 +    iliaal)

  - DOM:
    . Fixed bug GH-22825 (DOMElement::setAttribute() fails silently when the DTD