diff --git a/application/utils.inc.php b/application/utils.inc.php
index a4f7e0217..65e7cb467 100644
--- a/application/utils.inc.php
+++ b/application/utils.inc.php
@@ -2086,6 +2086,11 @@ class utils
 	 */
 	final public static function StartsWith($haystack, $needle)
 	{
+		if (strlen($needle) > strlen($haystack))
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		return substr_compare($haystack, $needle, 0, strlen($needle)) === 0;
 	}