diff --git a/lib/zin/wg/dtable/v1.php b/lib/zin/wg/dtable/v1.php
index 56f9e6bf74..c24e957e39 100644
--- a/lib/zin/wg/dtable/v1.php
+++ b/lib/zin/wg/dtable/v1.php
@@ -214,7 +214,10 @@ class dtable extends wg
                         foreach($modifier as $subModifier)
                         {
                             if(!is_callable($subModifier)) continue;
+                            if($subModifier == 'strip_tags' && empty(zget($item, $key, ''))) continue;
+
                             if($subModifier instanceof \Closure) $subModifier = $subModifier->bindTo($item);
+
                             if(is_object($item)) $item->$key = $subModifier($item->$key);
                             else                 $item[$key] = $subModifier($item[$key]);
                         }