[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62066: Weird ability to modify comments to be empty

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#62066: Weird ability to modify comments to be empty
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 Reporter:  lbones             |      Owner:  Lela Bones
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |    Version:  6.6.2
 Severity:  minor              |   Keywords:  needs-patch changes-requested
  Focuses:                     |
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 When I was viewing [this](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61244)
 ticket, I originally misinterpreted the issue. I thought that the user
 wanted to avoid exporting comments that have no content, but I realized
 that isn't actually allowed through the WordPress editor.

 However, I was trying to recreate the empty comment issue, and realized
 that users are able to edit comments to be empty.

 I did some initial digging and [this file](https://github.com/WordPress
 /wordpress-develop/blob/trunk/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-
 rest-comments-controller.php#L424) has a create_item that contains this
 check:


 {{{
                 // Do not allow comments to be created with a non-default
 type.
                 if ( ! empty( $request['type'] ) && 'comment' !==
 $request['type'] ) {
                         return new WP_Error(
                                 'rest_invalid_comment_type',
                                 __( 'Cannot create a comment with that
 type.' ),
                                 array( 'status' => 400 )
                         );
                 }
 }}}

 and an update_item() function. I think that adding this or something
 similar to the the update_item function would resolve this issue.

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