From 60cbce48414f6a6a3c5cf43a6c77b8f832be10fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: beat <beat@joomlapolis.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:59:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [3.10] [PHP 8.1] Fixing mod_search Passing null to type
 string

Fixes `Deprecated: htmlspecialchars(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/beat/www/j/modules/mod_search/mod_search.php on line 44`
---
 modules/mod_search/mod_search.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/mod_search/mod_search.php b/modules/mod_search/mod_search.php
index 6ccad3ddcdaba..67541f70dcb74 100644
--- a/modules/mod_search/mod_search.php
+++ b/modules/mod_search/mod_search.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 $maxlength       = $upper_limit;
 $text            = htmlspecialchars($params->get('text', JText::_('MOD_SEARCH_SEARCHBOX_TEXT')), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
 $label           = htmlspecialchars($params->get('label', JText::_('MOD_SEARCH_LABEL_TEXT')), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
-$moduleclass_sfx = htmlspecialchars($params->get('moduleclass_sfx'), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
+$moduleclass_sfx = htmlspecialchars($params->get('moduleclass_sfx', ''), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
 
 if ($imagebutton)
 {