[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #6076: Name or other required profile fields can be whitespace

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#6076: Name or other required profile fields can be whitespace
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 Reporter:  justinph      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  XProfile      |     Version:  2.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |
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Comment (by boonebgorges):

 > agree that whitespace-like characters probably shouldn't be accepted in
 a required field

 Just to clarify: we shouldn't allow values that consist of *nothing but*
 whitespace characters. We should, of course, continue to allow spaces.

 Trimming the value of the `$_POST` payload before saving seems fine to me.

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