Title: “Empty haystack” error displayed in post
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# “Empty haystack” error displayed in post

 *  [rajshukla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajshukla/)
 * (@rajshukla)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-haystack-error-displayed-in-post/)
 * This string repeats at the beginning of submitted posts anywhere from 6-??? times:
 * Warning: mb_strstr() [function.mb-strstr]: Empty haystack in /home/brigshu6/public_html/
   wordpress/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 35.
 * It’s happening intermitently on my front/blog page and the about page.
 * Currently runnign up-to-date wordpress and cutline theme.

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 *  [alternateroute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alternateroute/)
 * (@alternateroute)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-haystack-error-displayed-in-post/#post-519123)
 * I got the same error when pulling up my Contacts page.
    I am using WP2.1 and 
   the contact plugin from douglass karr The error was continually listed down the
   page, over and over again
 *  [alternateroute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alternateroute/)
 * (@alternateroute)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-haystack-error-displayed-in-post/#post-519125)
 * I found an answer at
    [http://beitis.com/?p=39](http://beitis.com/?p=39) although
   I haven’t tried it yet. Apparently it is a PHP bug, fixed in the next release,
   but in the meantime, you just disable warnings….
 *  [daveklop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveklop/)
 * (@daveklop)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-haystack-error-displayed-in-post/#post-519229)
 * This same thing has been happening to me sporadically since I launched my blog
   a month or so ago. I followed the adviced at betis.com, in the post from alternateroute
   to turn off messaging in functions-formatting.php, and so far so good.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [daveklop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveklop/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-haystack-error-displayed-in-post/#post-519229)
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