--- /DoubleMetaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:07:15.602036166 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:07:15.610036165 +0200
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
      */
     public String doubleMetaphone(String value, boolean alternate) {
         value = cleanInput(value);
-        if (value == null) {
+if  (  ( input.length (  )  )  == 0 )  {     return null; }
             return null;
         }
         
