app/controllers/api/account.php (1)

369-382: Null-safe name handling for account.create is correct; consider validator semantics

Changing the action signature to ?string $name and normalizing with $name = $name ?? ''; safely handles a nullable name inside the handler and downstream (e.g., in PersonalData and search fields).

If the intended behavior is to accept a JSON name: null on the wire (not reject it with a 4xx), you may also want to align the parameter validator with that intent by making the param nullable (for example, param('name', null, new Nullable(new Text(128)), ...)) so the framework doesn’t reject null before it reaches this action. Please verify how Text currently treats an explicit null here.

app/controllers/api/users.php (1)

249-267: /v1/users null-name handling is correct, but clean up comments and consider nullable validator

The updated signature ?string $name plus $name = $name ?? ''; gives you the right runtime behavior and prevents type errors when name is null.

Two follow-ups:

1. The inline comments // 1. Add the '?' before string $name and // 2. Add this line at the very top of the action function are PR-instructional and should be removed before merge.

2. If the goal is to accept a JSON name: null and treat it like “no name” rather than rejecting it at validation, consider making the param nullable (e.g., param('name', null, new Nullable(new Text(128)), ...)) so the framework doesn’t block null before it reaches this action. Please verify how the current Text validator behaves for null.

Proposed cleanup for the action header and normalization

-    // 1. Add the '?' before string $name
-    ->action(function (string $userId, ?string $email, ?string $phone, ?string $password, ?string $name, Response $response, Document $project, Database $dbForProject, Hooks $hooks) {
-        
-        // 2. Add this line at the very top of the action function
-        $name = $name ?? ''; 
+    ->action(function (string $userId, ?string $email, ?string $phone, ?string $password, ?string $name, Response $response, Document $project, Database $dbForProject, Hooks $hooks) {
+        $name = $name ?? '';

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Repo: appwrite/appwrite PR: 9693
File: src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Databases/Http/Indexes/Get.php:54-54
Timestamp: 2025-05-05T03:49:58.171Z
Learning: In Appwrite's API handlers, path parameters can use `null` as the default value rather than empty strings, as this pattern is consistent with existing code in the codebase.