From 54d057fd8c595bcde9d72533ee77376147f6727c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mh-Asmi <mnaasmi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 16:42:05 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix issue when query filter has empty array

---
 src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/DTO/PostSearchFields.php | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/DTO/PostSearchFields.php b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/DTO/PostSearchFields.php
index b54e7a9b2..90c1804cc 100644
--- a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/DTO/PostSearchFields.php
+++ b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/DTO/PostSearchFields.php
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ private function getParameterAsArray($parameter_value)
         if ($parameter_value) {
             if (is_array($parameter_value)) {
                 $filter_values = $parameter_value;
+                foreach ($filter_values as $key => $value) { // to handle case of passing empty value as array
+                    if (trim($value) === "") {
+                        unset($filter_values[$key]);
+                    }
+                }
             } else {
                 $filter_values = explode(',', $parameter_value);
             }