From 8a2ebc48ea487a0af9ea36597820272065c227c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin MacMartin <prurigro@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:02:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Compare the mailchimp variables to null rather than an empty
 string, and assume the .env has the variables set to something

---
 .env.example                                    | 4 ++--
 app/Http/Controllers/SubscriptionController.php | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 3fd682f..c8c57fd 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
 MAIL_SENDFROM=null
 MAIL_SENDTO=null
 
-MAILCHIMP_APIKEY=
-MAILCHIMP_LISTID=
+MAILCHIMP_APIKEY=null
+MAILCHIMP_LISTID=null
 
 REGISTRATION=true
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SubscriptionController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SubscriptionController.php
index 0ada1e2..96e244f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SubscriptionController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SubscriptionController.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class SubscriptionController extends Controller {
         $lname   = preg_match('/. ./', $name) === 1 ? preg_replace('/^[^ ][^ ]* /', '', $name) : '';
         $email   = $request['email'];
 
-        if (env('MAILCHIMP_APIKEY', '') != '' && env('MAILCHIMP_LISTID', '') != '') {
+        if (env('MAILCHIMP_APIKEY') != null && env('MAILCHIMP_LISTID') != null) {
             // Submit the subscription request
             Newsletter::subscribeOrUpdate($email, [
                 'FNAME' => $fname,