From 8f40b3495d9f5c7abcb51d0e424930af5b5b495c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Daniel St. Jules" <danielst.jules@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 23:35:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] String is now optional in Stringy constructor

---
 src/Stringy.php       | 2 +-
 tests/StringyTest.php | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Stringy.php b/src/Stringy.php
index 73b3f2f..63dcbd8 100644
--- a/src/Stringy.php
+++ b/src/Stringy.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Stringy implements \Countable, \IteratorAggregate, \ArrayAccess
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if an array or object without a
      *         __toString method is passed as the first argument
      */
-    public function __construct($str, $encoding = null)
+    public function __construct($str = '', $encoding = null)
     {
         if (is_array($str)) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
diff --git a/tests/StringyTest.php b/tests/StringyTest.php
index 47b825d..03ef5fb 100644
--- a/tests/StringyTest.php
+++ b/tests/StringyTest.php
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ class StringyTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('UTF-8', $stringy->getEncoding());
     }
 
+    public function testEmptyConstruct()
+    {
+        $stringy = new S();
+        $this->assertStringy($stringy);
+        $this->assertEquals('', (string) $stringy);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
      */