From a3f4a504fb9640be22f885877d40ac080b934530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:39:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove dead code

---
 system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php | 15 ---------------
 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php b/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
index a1c0dcce8479..1a79a4d8ef41 100644
--- a/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
@@ -207,21 +207,6 @@ public function connect(bool $persistent = false)
                 $socket,
                 $clientFlags,
             )) {
-                // Prior to version 5.7.3, MySQL silently downgrades to an unencrypted connection if SSL setup fails
-                if (($clientFlags & MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL) !== 0 && version_compare($this->mysqli->client_info, 'mysqlnd 5.7.3', '<=')
-                    && empty($this->mysqli->query("SHOW STATUS LIKE 'ssl_cipher'")->fetch_object()->Value)
-                ) {
-                    $this->mysqli->close();
-                    $message = 'MySQLi was configured for an SSL connection, but got an unencrypted connection instead!';
-                    log_message('error', $message);
-
-                    if ($this->DBDebug) {
-                        throw new DatabaseException($message);
-                    }
-
-                    return false;
-                }
-
                 if (! $this->mysqli->set_charset($this->charset)) {
                     log_message('error', "Database: Unable to set the configured connection charset ('{$this->charset}').");
 

From b627410a85961ccb9ad252842353ddb63ec0f764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:13:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update PHPStan baselines

---
 utils/phpstan-baseline/empty.notAllowed.neon | 4 ++--
 utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon           | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/phpstan-baseline/empty.notAllowed.neon b/utils/phpstan-baseline/empty.notAllowed.neon
index faf902d5ec10..a1a41e6588a9 100644
--- a/utils/phpstan-baseline/empty.notAllowed.neon
+++ b/utils/phpstan-baseline/empty.notAllowed.neon
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# total 237 errors
+# total 236 errors
 
 parameters:
     ignoreErrors:
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ parameters:
 
         -
             message: '#^Construct empty\(\) is not allowed\. Use more strict comparison\.$#'
-            count: 11
+            count: 10
             path: ../../system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
 
         -
diff --git a/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon b/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
index 4aee22070d3e..a0191547e773 100644
--- a/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
+++ b/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# total 2772 errors
+# total 2771 errors
 
 includes:
     - argument.type.neon