diff --git a/views/default/output/url.php b/views/default/output/url.php
index 33f577f085..735842ffd4 100644
--- a/views/default/output/url.php
+++ b/views/default/output/url.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 }
 
 if (!$url && isset($vars['value'])) {
-	$url = trim($vars['value']);
+	$url = trim((string) $vars['value']);
 	unset($vars['value']);
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	if (elgg_extract('encode_text', $vars, false)) {
 		$text = htmlspecialchars((string) $vars['text'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8', false);
 	} else {
-		$text = elgg_extract('text', $vars);
+		$text = (string) elgg_extract('text', $vars);
 	}
 	
 	unset($vars['text']);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 	], $text);
 }
 
-$icon = elgg_extract('icon', $vars, '');
+$icon = (string) elgg_extract('icon', $vars);
 unset($vars['icon']);
 
 if ($icon && !str_starts_with($icon, '<')) {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 	]);
 }
 
-$icon_alt = elgg_extract('icon_alt', $vars, '');
+$icon_alt = (string) elgg_extract('icon_alt', $vars);
 unset($vars['icon_alt']);
 
 if ($icon_alt && !str_starts_with($icon_alt, '<')) {
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@
 	]);
 }
 
-$badge = elgg_extract('badge', $vars);
+$badge = (string) elgg_extract('badge', $vars);
 unset($vars['badge']);
 
-if (!is_null($badge)) {
+if (!elgg_is_empty($badge)) {
 	$badge = elgg_format_element('span', ['class' => 'elgg-badge'], $badge);
 }