From a29052ba38eeb6fe8864efb92c6dfe6980db0550 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fraenkiman <frank.pcn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 17:56:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #294

Fixes #294
---
 .../fp-smartyplugins/validate_criteria.notEmpty.php       | 8 ++++++--
 fp-plugins/bbcode/inc/stringparser.class.php              | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fp-includes/fp-smartyplugins/validate_criteria.notEmpty.php b/fp-includes/fp-smartyplugins/validate_criteria.notEmpty.php
index 0809cc0..ad80463 100644
--- a/fp-includes/fp-smartyplugins/validate_criteria.notEmpty.php
+++ b/fp-includes/fp-smartyplugins/validate_criteria.notEmpty.php
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@
  * @param array formvars form var values
  */
 function smarty_validate_criteria_notEmpty($value, $empty, &$params, &$formvars) {
-    return strlen($value) > 0;
+// Return a message if value is empty
+	if(empty($value)) {
+		echo "Smarty plugin: value is empty!";
+	} else {
+		return strlen($value) > 0;
+	}
 }
-
 ?>
diff --git a/fp-plugins/bbcode/inc/stringparser.class.php b/fp-plugins/bbcode/inc/stringparser.class.php
index 24a3ef9..1341924 100755
--- a/fp-plugins/bbcode/inc/stringparser.class.php
+++ b/fp-plugins/bbcode/inc/stringparser.class.php
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ class StringParser {
 		}
 		$this->_text = $this->_applyPrefilters($text);
 		$this->_output = null;
+		$this->_text = $this->_text ?? '';
 		$this->_length = strlen($this->_text);
 		$this->_cpos = 0;
 		unset($this->_stack);