From 7d7e1366a6f19c25981dbf535e99303ddc056326 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cole <thegrumpydictator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 07:14:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Catch empty string.

---
 app/Api/V1/Controllers/Search/AccountController.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Search/AccountController.php b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Search/AccountController.php
index bc7adc0965..20fea66f3d 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Search/AccountController.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Search/AccountController.php
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
     {
         Log::debug('Now in account search()');
         $manager = $this->getManager();
-        $query   = $request->get('query');
-        $field   = $request->get('field');
+        $query   = trim((string)$request->get('query'));
+        $field   = trim((string)$request->get('field'));
         $type    = $request->get('type') ?? 'all';
         if ('' === $query || !in_array($field, $this->validFields, true)) {
             return response(null, 422);