Fix issue where reference not returned by IniFileChain::get when settings file is completely empty and add test case. Also add type hint to IniFileChain::__construct.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/core/Config.php b/core/Config.php
index 698dc28a08..91853de733 100644
--- a/core/Config.php
+++ b/core/Config.php
@@ -422,10 +422,6 @@ class Config extends Singleton
         }
 
         $section =& $this->settings->get($name);
-        if ($section === null) {
-            $section = array();
-        }
-
         return $section;
     }