From a39ed636278f4e3e7982d74908814be07462f10d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Daniel St. Jules" <danielst.jules@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:49:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix split for PHP 5.3

---
 src/Stringy.php | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Stringy.php b/src/Stringy.php
index d9a477e..ea44539 100644
--- a/src/Stringy.php
+++ b/src/Stringy.php
@@ -1183,6 +1183,11 @@ class Stringy implements \Countable, \IteratorAggregate, \ArrayAccess
             return array();
         }
 
+        // mb_split errors when supplied an empty pattern in PHP 5.3
+        if ($pattern === '') {
+            return array(static::create($this->str, $this->encoding));
+        }
+
         $regexEncoding = mb_regex_encoding();
         mb_regex_encoding($this->encoding);