diff --git a/src/applications/diviner/storage/DivinerLiveSymbol.php b/src/applications/diviner/storage/DivinerLiveSymbol.php
index d62e6a1e18..6477e00879 100644
--- a/src/applications/diviner/storage/DivinerLiveSymbol.php
+++ b/src/applications/diviner/storage/DivinerLiveSymbol.php
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ final class DivinerLiveSymbol extends DivinerDAO
   public function getTitle() {
     $title = parent::getTitle();
 
-    if (!strlen($title)) {
+    if (!phutil_nonempty_string($title)) {
       $title = $this->getName();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/settings/setting/PhabricatorMonospacedFontSetting.php b/src/applications/settings/setting/PhabricatorMonospacedFontSetting.php
index 2a96f5d95f..5cfbec1b26 100644
--- a/src/applications/settings/setting/PhabricatorMonospacedFontSetting.php
+++ b/src/applications/settings/setting/PhabricatorMonospacedFontSetting.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ final class PhabricatorMonospacedFontSetting
   }
 
   public function validateTransactionValue($value) {
-    if (!strlen($value)) {
+    if (!phutil_nonempty_string($value)) {
       return;
     }