From d3770373d4e3d427f2393d14f3ae4fb805a74f6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Outler <adamoutler@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:56:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] change default database encryption key of `null` to empty
 string, to prevent exception.

---
 front/php/server/db.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/front/php/server/db.php b/front/php/server/db.php
index f0ee9f1a..9a16c9ca 100755
--- a/front/php/server/db.php
+++ b/front/php/server/db.php
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ class CustomDatabaseWrapper {
     private $maxRetries;
     private $retryDelay;
 
-    public function __construct($filename, $flags = SQLITE3_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE3_OPEN_CREATE, $maxRetries = 3, $retryDelay = 1000, $encryptionKey = null) {
+    public function __construct($filename, $flags = SQLITE3_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE3_OPEN_CREATE, 
+            $maxRetries = 3, $retryDelay = 1000, $encryptionKey = "") {
         $this->sqlite = new SQLite3($filename, $flags, $encryptionKey);
         $this->maxRetries = $maxRetries;
         $this->retryDelay = $retryDelay;