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Forms and Data Handling: fix: specify that 'empty strings' will be ignored with { value : falsy } #29666

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fix: specify that 'empty strings' will be ignored with { value : falsy }
GaneshS288 May 4, 2025
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refactor: add empty string literal for consistency with rest of sentence
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Expand Up @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The `body()` function allows you to specify which fields in the request body sho
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This example marks `birthdate` field as optional, but still enforces the ISO8601 date format on inputs. This is because `{ values: "falsy" }` means values that aren't `undefined`, `null`, `false`, or `0` will still be validated.
This example marks `birthdate` field as optional, but still enforces the ISO8601 date format on inputs. This is because `{ values: "falsy" }` means values that aren't `undefined`, `null`, `false`, `0` or empty strings `""` will still be validated.

### Chaining validations

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