Merge pull request #16435 from rudiservo/i16426

Annotations emptyString was not working

Author: niden

CHANGELOG-5.0.md

@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # 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
 - Fixed infinite save loop in `Phalcon\Mvc\Model::save()` [#16395](https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/issues/16395)
 - 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

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;
             }
 
             /**