diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e7092b03230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab8f15bbb1e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
+# to commit it to your repository.
+#
+# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
+# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
+#
+# ******** NOTE ********
+# We have attempted to detect the languages in your repository. Please check
+# the `language` matrix defined below to confirm you have the correct set of
+# supported CodeQL languages.
+#
+name: "CodeQL Advanced"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '42 22 * * 4'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
+    # Runner size impacts CodeQL analysis time. To learn more, please see:
+    #   - https://gh.io/recommended-hardware-resources-for-running-codeql
+    #   - https://gh.io/supported-runners-and-hardware-resources
+    #   - https://gh.io/using-larger-runners (GitHub.com only)
+    # Consider using larger runners or machines with greater resources for possible analysis time improvements.
+    runs-on: ${{ (matrix.language == 'swift' && 'macos-latest') || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      security-events: write
+
+      # required to fetch internal or private CodeQL packs
+      packages: read
+
+      # only required for workflows in private repositories
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - language: c-cpp
+          build-mode: none
+        - language: javascript-typescript
+          build-mode: none
+        - language: python
+          build-mode: none
+        # CodeQL supports the following values keywords for 'language': 'actions', 'c-cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java-kotlin', 'javascript-typescript', 'python', 'ruby', 'rust', 'swift'
+        # Use `c-cpp` to analyze code written in C, C++ or both
+        # Use 'java-kotlin' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
+        # Use 'javascript-typescript' to analyze code written in JavaScript, TypeScript or both
+        # To learn more about changing the languages that are analyzed or customizing the build mode for your analysis,
+        # see https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/customizing-your-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning.
+        # If you are analyzing a compiled language, you can modify the 'build-mode' for that language to customize how
+        # your codebase is analyzed, see https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/codeql-code-scanning-for-compiled-languages
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+    # Add any setup steps before running the `github/codeql-action/init` action.
+    # This includes steps like installing compilers or runtimes (`actions/setup-node`
+    # or others). This is typically only required for manual builds.
+    # - name: Setup runtime (example)
+    #   uses: actions/setup-example@v1
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+
+        # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, refer to: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+        # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
+
+    # If the analyze step fails for one of the languages you are analyzing with
+    # "We were unable to automatically build your code", modify the matrix above
+    # to set the build mode to "manual" for that language. Then modify this step
+    # to build your code.
+    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
+    # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
+    - name: Run manual build steps
+      if: matrix.build-mode == 'manual'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo 'If you are using a "manual" build mode for one or more of the' \
+          'languages you are analyzing, replace this with the commands to build' \
+          'your code, for example:'
+        echo '  make bootstrap'
+        echo '  make release'
+        exit 1
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
+      with:
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index ffb45c9a20cd..d6ce0f3b433d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'php/php-src'
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
       - name: Check formatting
diff --git a/.github/workflows/real-time-benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/real-time-benchmark.yml
index 4147157ccfcb..ef4cba4da033 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/real-time-benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/real-time-benchmark.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update -y
           sudo apt-get install -y terraform=1.5.7-*
       - name: Checkout benchmark suite
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           repository: 'kocsismate/php-version-benchmarks'
           ref: 'main'
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf ./php-version-benchmarks/docs/results
       - name: Checkout benchmark data
         if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           repository: php/real-time-benchmark-data
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.PHP_VERSION_BENCHMARK_RESULTS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "NEWEST_RESULT_DIRECTORY=$(ls -td ${{ github.workspace }}/php-version-benchmarks/docs/results/${{ env.YEAR }}/*/ | head -1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Upload artifacts
         id: upload
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: results
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
index a9bb570f9212..deb4b14c5c47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: System info
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       image: 'alpine:3.22'
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: apk
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: Create MSSQL container
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
           FIREBIRD_PASSWORD: test
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: apt
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: Update clang
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: Create MSSQL container
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate coverage report
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         run: make gcovr-xml
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v6
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v7
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         with:
           disable_search: true
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ jobs:
       USE_TRACKED_ALLOC: 1
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: apt
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: Create MSSQL container
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: apt
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: apt
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: git config
         run: git config --global core.autocrlf false && git config --global core.eol lf
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: Setup
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 50
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: FreeBSD
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 50
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
       - name: Solaris
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 50
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ fromJson(inputs.branch).ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ jobs:
           mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE USER 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpress'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
           mysql -uroot -proot -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
       - name: git checkout benchmarking-data
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           repository: php/benchmarking-data
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.BENCHMARKING_DATA_DEPLOY_KEY }}
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ github.sha }} \
             ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} \
             > $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: profiles
           path: ${{ github.workspace }}/benchmark/profiles
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 057ed83eb226..4128a854b525 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       all_variations: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.all_variations }}
       branches: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.branches }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           # When running nightly, set fetch-depth to 0 to clone the full
           # repository including all branches. This is required to find the
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index fa79580f42ec..844267544608 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-bundled-files.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-bundled-files.yml
index 6f1b6e68d6c4..229de285fe23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-bundled-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-bundled-files.yml
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Detect changed files
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v4
         id: changes
         with:
           filters: |
diff --git a/win32/build/buildconf.js b/win32/build/buildconf.js
index 52b8a7d0fd39..8018e00db52a 100644
--- a/win32/build/buildconf.js
+++ b/win32/build/buildconf.js
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ if (module_dirs.length == 0) {
 modules += gen_modules();
 
 // Look for ARG_ENABLE or ARG_WITH calls
-re = new RegExp("(ARG_(ENABLE|WITH)\([^;]+\);)", "gm");
+re = new RegExp("(ARG_(ENABLE|WITH)\\([^;]+\\);)", "gm");
 calls = modules.match(re);
 for (i = 0; i < calls.length; i++) {
 	item = calls[i];