diff --git a/src/applications/conduit/query/PhabricatorConduitSearchEngine.php b/src/applications/conduit/query/PhabricatorConduitSearchEngine.php
index 06ba536dfe..3dc5617bb5 100644
--- a/src/applications/conduit/query/PhabricatorConduitSearchEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/conduit/query/PhabricatorConduitSearchEngine.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ final class PhabricatorConduitSearchEngine
     $query->withIsInternal(false);
 
     $contains = $saved->getParameter('nameContains');
-    if (strlen($contains)) {
+    if (phutil_nonempty_string($contains)) {
       $query->withNameContains($contains);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/view/phui/PHUIObjectItemView.php b/src/view/phui/PHUIObjectItemView.php
index 6563101f98..24f0d7743f 100644
--- a/src/view/phui/PHUIObjectItemView.php
+++ b/src/view/phui/PHUIObjectItemView.php
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ final class PHUIObjectItemView extends AphrontTagView {
       'class' => 'phui-oi-status-icon',
     );
 
-    if (strlen($label)) {
+    if (phutil_nonempty_string($label)) {
       $options['sigil'] = 'has-tooltip';
       $options['meta']  = array('tip' => $label, 'size' => 300);
     }