From db2fe55ea682af5f01cedcd8428494152abca7ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alfonso Bribiesca <alfonsobries@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 02:36:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle null values on the password validator (#100)

---
 src/Rules/Password.php       | 3 +++
 tests/Rules/PasswordTest.php | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Rules/Password.php b/src/Rules/Password.php
index 05783c43..296215cb 100644
--- a/src/Rules/Password.php
+++ b/src/Rules/Password.php
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class Password extends Fortify
      */
     public function passes($attribute, $value)
     {
+        // Handle potential NULL values
+        $value = $value ?: '';
+
         if ($this->needsLowercase($value)) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/tests/Rules/PasswordTest.php b/tests/Rules/PasswordTest.php
index cbc83c34..e2faff7c 100644
--- a/tests/Rules/PasswordTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rules/PasswordTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 use ARKEcosystem\Fortify\Rules\Password;
 
+it('handle null values', function () {
+    $rule = (new Password())->requireUppercase()->requireNumeric()->requireSpecialCharacter();
+
+    expect($rule->passes('password', null))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
 it('can check for lowercase requirements', function () {
     $rule = (new Password())->requireLowercase();