From 0a906cd4578667c92eaf06e98a7b943d8779487f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rudi Servo <rudiservo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:26:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Annotations emptyString was not working

---
 CHANGELOG-5.0.md                                    | 7 ++++++-
 phalcon/Mvc/Model/MetaData/Strategy/Annotations.zep | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG-5.0.md b/CHANGELOG-5.0.md
index 0951bdb9c5..e3be7feee9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-5.0.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-5.0.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.4.0](https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/releases/tag/v5.3.1) (xxxx-xx-xx)
+
+### Fixed
+- Model Annotation strategy did not work with empty_string [#16426] (https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/issues/16426)
+
+
 ## [5.3.1](https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/releases/tag/v5.3.1) (2023-09-12)
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -7,7 +13,6 @@
 - Fixed undefined column with columnMap and model caching [#16420](https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/issues/16420)
 - Fixed memory leak in `Phalcon\Mvc\Router::handle()` [#16431](https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/pull/16431)
 
-
 ## [5.3.0](https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/releases/tag/v5.3.0) (2023-08-15)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/phalcon/Mvc/Model/MetaData/Strategy/Annotations.zep b/phalcon/Mvc/Model/MetaData/Strategy/Annotations.zep
index ea526fe701..c8aca5ccd5 100644
--- a/phalcon/Mvc/Model/MetaData/Strategy/Annotations.zep
+++ b/phalcon/Mvc/Model/MetaData/Strategy/Annotations.zep
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ class Annotations implements StrategyInterface
              * Allow empty strings for column
              */
             if columnAnnotation->getNamedParameter("allow_empty_string") {
-                let emptyStringValues[] = columnName;
+                let emptyStringValues[columnName] = columnName;
             }
 
             /**