From 803bf4d0e40dfe14995bc86fc394ab5351f42571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: phpnut <phpnut@cakephp.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 01:56:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Correcting Validation::blank() implementation

git-svn-id: https://svn.cakephp.org/repo/branches/1.2.x.x@3837 3807eeeb-6ff5-0310-8944-8be069107fe0
---
 cake/libs/validation.php | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cake/libs/validation.php b/cake/libs/validation.php
index a5d7cb915..af2013620 100644
--- a/cake/libs/validation.php
+++ b/cake/libs/validation.php
@@ -127,20 +127,27 @@ class Validation extends Object {
 	}
 /**
  * Returns false if field is left blank -OR- only whitespace characters are present in it's value
- * Whitespace characters include Space, Tab, Carriage Return, Newline, Formfeed
+ * Whitespace characters include Space, Tab, Carriage Return, Newline
  *
- * @param array or string $check
+ * $check can be passed as an array:
+ * array('check' => 'valueToCheck');
+ *
+ * @param mixed $check
  * @return boolean
  */
 	function blank($check) {
 		if (is_array($check)) {
 			$this->_extract($check);
-			$this->regex = '/\\S*/';
 		} else {
 			$this->check = $check;
-			$this->regex = '/\\S*/';
 		}
-		return $this->_check();
+
+		$this->regex = '/[^\\s]/';
+		if($this->_check() === true){
+			return false;
+		} else {
+			return true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	function cc($check, $regex = null, $type = 'fast') {