Title: Empty needle error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Empty needle error

 *  Resolved [Frederic Legrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericlegrand/)
 * (@fredericlegrand)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-2/)
 * Warning: strstr(): Empty needle in /home/xxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-
   maintenance-mode/includes/classes/wp-maintenance-mode.php on line 614
 * hi,
    I am getting that error
 * did switch to twenty theme with all plugins deactivated
    same error
 * `if (!empty($this->plugin_settings['general']['exclude']) && is_array($this->
   plugin_settings['general']['exclude'])) {
    foreach ($this->plugin_settings['general']['
   exclude'] as $item) { if ((!empty($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) && strstr($_SERVER['
   REMOTE_ADDR'], $item)) || (!empty($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && strstr($_SERVER['
   REQUEST_URI'], $item))) { $is_excluded = true; break;
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 * Last reply from: [Frederic Legrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericlegrand/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error-2/)
 * Status: resolved