fix notice in searchaction

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/searchaction.php b/lib/searchaction.php
index fdfb8dc5a..df6876445 100644
--- a/lib/searchaction.php
+++ b/lib/searchaction.php
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ class SearchAction extends Action
 
     function showTop($arr=null)
     {
+        $error = null;
         if ($arr) {
             $error = $arr[1];
         }
-        if ($error) {
+        if (!empty($error)) {
             $this->element('p', 'error', $error);
         } else {
             $instr = $this->getInstructions();