Text can now accept undefined or null as the text argument in the constructor and will cast it as an empty string.

Author: photonstorm

README.md

@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ If you are an exceptional JavaScript developer and would like to join the Phaser
 * TypeScript definitions fixes and updates (thanks @clark-stevenson @vrecluse)
 * JSDoc typo fixes (thanks )
 * VideoStream.active = false is used if the browser supports it, otherwise it falls back to VideoStream.stop.
+* Text can now accept `undefined` or `null` as the `text` argument in the constructor and will cast it as an empty string.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 

src/gameobjects/Text.js

@@ -40,7 +40,16 @@ Phaser.Text = function (game, x, y, text, style) {
 
     x = x || 0;
     y = y || 0;
-    text = text.toString() || '';
+
+    if (text === undefined || text === null)
+    {
+        text = '';
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        text = text.toString();
+    }
+
     style = style || {};
 
     /**