From 54c5e1585a4b99acb749e3c6ab73043270768e7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylor@laravel.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:35:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Trim and convert strings to nulls.

---
 app/Http/Kernel.php                 |  2 ++
 app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php

diff --git a/app/Http/Kernel.php b/app/Http/Kernel.php
index 8dbf0e0d..66d34c3d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Http/Kernel.php
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
     protected $middleware = [
         \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\CheckForMaintenanceMode::class,
         \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidatePostSize::class,
+        \App\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings::class,
+        \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull::class,
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php b/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..943e9a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings as BaseTrimmer;
+
+class TrimStrings extends BaseTrimmer
+{
+    /**
+     * The names of the attributes that should not be trimmed.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $except = [
+        'password',
+        'password_confirmation',
+    ];
+}