From d6fd5b273bfcf3883139a7a1f1fb79a8c1b69540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hypolite Petovan <hypolite@mrpetovan.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 21:32:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure $categories is set in mod/item

- Address https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/8473#issuecomment-639052328
---
 mod/item.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 6671d9439..b023b97d1 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function item_post(App $a) {
 		$verb              = $orig_post['verb'];
 		$objecttype        = $orig_post['object-type'];
 		$app               = $orig_post['app'];
-		$categories        = $orig_post['file'];
+		$categories        = $orig_post['file'] ?? '';
 		$title             = Strings::escapeTags(trim($_REQUEST['title']));
 		$body              = trim($body);
 		$private           = $orig_post['private'];