From 42c06506ce213745e0bf5699b7e22976e20efc37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hypolite Petovan <hypolite@mrpetovan.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 13:36:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Stop appending entry when parent is missing in OStatus

- Addresses https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/6338#issuecomment-455785854
---
 src/Protocol/OStatus.php | 17 +++++++----------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index 38105e452a..dec5c4c80b 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -1763,20 +1763,17 @@ class OStatus
 		$verb = NAMESPACE_ACTIVITY_SCHEMA."favorite";
 		self::entryContent($doc, $entry, $item, $owner, "Favorite", $verb, false);
 
-		$as_object = $doc->createElement("activity:object");
-
 		$parent = Item::selectFirst([], ['uri' => $item["thr-parent"], 'uid' => $item["uid"]]);
+		if (DBA::isResult($parent)) {
+			$as_object = $doc->createElement("activity:object");
 
-		if (!$parent) {
-			$parent = [];
+			XML::addElement($doc, $as_object, "activity:object-type", self::constructObjecttype($parent));
+
+			self::entryContent($doc, $as_object, $parent, $owner, "New entry");
+
+			$entry->appendChild($as_object);
 		}
 
-		XML::addElement($doc, $as_object, "activity:object-type", self::constructObjecttype($parent));
-
-		self::entryContent($doc, $as_object, $parent, $owner, "New entry");
-
-		$entry->appendChild($as_object);
-
 		self::entryFooter($doc, $entry, $item, $owner);
 
 		return $entry;