diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 89028b6d03..a30c3a927b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #18578 Fixed PDF export NULL values gives a type error
 - issue #18650 Fixed double escaping on foreign key relation link title
 - issue #18533 Fixed wrong count for simulated queries
+- issue #18611 Fixed an error when searching a table without conditions
 
 5.2.1 (2023-02-07)
 - issue #17522 Fix case where the routes cache file is invalid
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Table/Search.php b/libraries/classes/Table/Search.php
index 042509e9cc..37d258feb5 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Table/Search.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Table/Search.php
@@ -90,9 +90,12 @@ final class Search
         // If there are no search criteria set or no unary criteria operators,
         // return
         if (
-            ! isset($_POST['criteriaValues'])
-            && ! isset($_POST['criteriaColumnOperators'])
-            && ! isset($_POST['geom_func'])
+            ! isset($_POST['criteriaColumnOperators'])
+            || (
+                ! isset($_POST['criteriaValues'])
+                && ! isset($_POST['criteriaColumnOperators'])
+                && ! isset($_POST['geom_func'])
+            )
         ) {
             return '';
         }
diff --git a/test/classes/Table/SearchTest.php b/test/classes/Table/SearchTest.php
index 867c28b10e..faee63a0ec 100644
--- a/test/classes/Table/SearchTest.php
+++ b/test/classes/Table/SearchTest.php
@@ -238,4 +238,21 @@ class SearchTest extends AbstractTestCase
             $this->search->buildSqlQuery()
         );
     }
+
+    public function testBuildSqlQueryWithoutConditions(): void
+    {
+        $_POST['db'] = 'opengis';
+        $_POST['table'] = 'world_cities';
+        $_POST['back'] = 'index.php?route=/table/search';
+        $_POST['geom_func'] = [2 => ' '];
+        $_POST['customWhereClause'] = '';
+        $_POST['session_max_rows'] = '25';
+        $_POST['orderByColumn'] = '--nil--';
+        $_POST['order'] = 'ASC';
+        $_POST['submit'] = 'Go';
+        $_POST['ajax_request'] = 'true';
+        $_POST['displayAllColumns'] = 'true';
+
+        $this->assertSame('SELECT *  FROM `world_cities`', $this->search->buildSqlQuery());
+    }
 }