Title: Empty Needle error
Last modified: June 29, 2020

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# Empty Needle error

 *  Resolved [andrewews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewews/)
 * (@andrewews)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-6/)
 * Hi there,
 * There are occasionally errors on our site that says the following in the Apache
   Error Log:
 * > [Fri Jun 26 21:03:44.561393 2020] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 4442] [client 209.97.136.26:
   > 34514] AH01071: Got error ‘gins/ajax-search-for-woocommerce/includes/Helpers.
   > php on line 451\nPHP message: PHP Warning: strpos(): Empty needle in /home/[
   > host path]/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-for-woocommerce/includes/
   > Helpers.php on line 451\nPHP message: PHP Warning: strpos(): Empty needle in/
   > home/[host path]/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-for-woocommerce/
   > includes/Helpers.php on line 451\nPHP message: PHP Warning: strpos(): Empty
   > needle in /home/[host path]/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-for-
   > woocommerce/includes/Helpers.php on line 451\nPHP message: PHP Warning: strpos():
 * It seems to be an error that loops. Any idea what can trigger such an error please?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fempty-needle-error-6%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Damian Góra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damian-gora/)
 * (@damian-gora)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-6/#post-13121230)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve fixed it. This patch will be added in the next plugin release.
 * Best
    Damian
 *  Thread Starter [andrewews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewews/)
 * (@andrewews)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-6/#post-13165308)
 * Fantastic, thank you very much Damian.
 *  [iipoliii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iipoliii/)
 * (@iipoliii)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-6/#post-13547134)
 * Hey,
    Was it fixed because I still get those messages on the latest version.
 * Thanks for your help.
 *  [mpassos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpassos/)
 * (@mpassos)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-6/#post-14295842)
 * Hey there,
 * Got the same message today with v1.9.0
 * Any news? Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Damian Góra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damian-gora/)
 * (@damian-gora)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-6/#post-14297106)
 * Hi,
    We can’t recreate this on our end.
 * Could you paste here the error you get in v1.9.0? Remove sensitive data like 
   host path.

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 * Last reply from: [Damian Góra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damian-gora/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-6/#post-14297106)
 * Status: resolved