From eaf74222f86096e85fdc55cda4eb636ade96efbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Lorenzo D'Amico <francescodamico448@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:03:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix contact form rejecting submissions with empty phone
 number

---
 RazorPagesMovie/Controllers/Api/V1/ContactController.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RazorPagesMovie/Controllers/Api/V1/ContactController.cs b/RazorPagesMovie/Controllers/Api/V1/ContactController.cs
index 0d82e9e..32177fe 100644
--- a/RazorPagesMovie/Controllers/Api/V1/ContactController.cs
+++ b/RazorPagesMovie/Controllers/Api/V1/ContactController.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class ContactController(RazorPagesMovieContext context, IContactMessageNo
         {
             Name = request.Name ?? string.Empty,
             Email = request.Email ?? string.Empty,
-            Phone = request.Phone,
+            Phone = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.Phone) ? null : request.Phone,
             Subject = request.Subject ?? string.Empty,
             Message = request.Message ?? string.Empty
         };