diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
index d356492df2..dcf7e47b48 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
@@ -2464,6 +2464,12 @@ public function commit() {
 				$this->took = $this->numRows = $this->affected = false;
 				$this->logQuery('COMMIT');
 			}
+
+			if (!$this->_connection->inTransaction()) {
+				error_log('Commit failed: Transaction is not active');
+				return false;
+			}
+
 			$this->_transactionStarted = false;
 			return $this->_connection->commit();
 		}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
index f8f5e176c8..67a1d09816 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ protected function _readInput() {
  * @param mixed $name Name of the key being accessed.
  * @return mixed
  */
-	public function offsetGet(mixed $name) : mixed {
+	public function offsetGet($name) : mixed {
 		if (isset($this->params[$name])) {
 			return $this->params[$name];
 		}
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ public function offsetGet(mixed $name) : mixed {
  * @param mixed $value The value being written.
  * @return void
  */
-	public function offsetSet(mixed $name, mixed $value) : void {
+	public function offsetSet($name, $value) : void {
 		$this->params[$name] = $value;
 	}
 
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ public function offsetSet(mixed $name, mixed $value) : void {
  * @param mixed $name thing to check.
  * @return bool
  */
-	public function offsetExists(mixed $name) : bool {
+	public function offsetExists($name) : bool {
 		if ($name === 'url' || $name === 'data') {
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ public function offsetExists(mixed $name) : bool {
  * @param string $name Name to unset.
  * @return void
  */
-	public function offsetUnset(mixed $name) : void {
+	public function offsetUnset($name) : void {
 		unset($this->params[$name]);
 	}