From 10b562e9decaefcfccdcd3341472f8208069385b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rithvik Nishad <mail@rithviknishad.dev>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:06:39 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Remove special character validations for names (patients and
 users) (#9177)

---
 public/locale/en.json                      |  1 +
 src/common/validation.tsx                  |  3 +--
 src/components/Patient/PatientRegister.tsx | 12 ++++++++----
 src/components/Users/UserAdd.tsx           |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/locale/en.json b/public/locale/en.json
index 5faa645b133..8a4a36a1a5c 100644
--- a/public/locale/en.json
+++ b/public/locale/en.json
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@
   "middleware_hostname": "Middleware Hostname",
   "middleware_hostname_example": "e.g. example.ohc.network",
   "middleware_hostname_sourced_from": "Middleware hostname sourced from {{ source }}",
+  "min_char_length_error": "Must be at least {{ min_length }} characters",
   "min_password_len_8": "Minimum password length 8",
   "min_time_bw_doses": "Min. time b/w doses",
   "minimize": "Minimize",
diff --git a/src/common/validation.tsx b/src/common/validation.tsx
index c7c084354a8..99b4342fbf6 100644
--- a/src/common/validation.tsx
+++ b/src/common/validation.tsx
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ export const getRandomNumbers = (min: number, max: number) => {
 };
 
 export const validateName = (name: string) => {
-  const pattern = /^([a-zA-Z]*( [a-zA-Z])?)+$/;
-  return pattern.test(name);
+  return name.length >= 3;
 };
 
 export const validateUsername = (username: string) => {
diff --git a/src/components/Patient/PatientRegister.tsx b/src/components/Patient/PatientRegister.tsx
index 2a15416e337..35d93214385 100644
--- a/src/components/Patient/PatientRegister.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Patient/PatientRegister.tsx
@@ -421,12 +421,16 @@ export const PatientRegister = (props: PatientRegisterProps) => {
     Object.keys(form).forEach((field) => {
       let phoneNumber, emergency_phone_number;
       switch (field) {
-        case "address":
-        case "name":
-          if (!validateName(form[field])) {
-            errors[field] = "Please enter valid name";
+        case "name": {
+          const requiredError = RequiredFieldValidator()(form[field]);
+          if (requiredError) {
+            errors[field] = requiredError;
+          } else if (!validateName(form[field])) {
+            errors[field] = t("min_char_length_error", { min_length: 3 });
           }
           return;
+        }
+        case "address":
         case "gender":
           errors[field] = RequiredFieldValidator()(form[field]);
           return;
diff --git a/src/components/Users/UserAdd.tsx b/src/components/Users/UserAdd.tsx
index 4c6c5edde2a..bfd38d2cae2 100644
--- a/src/components/Users/UserAdd.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Users/UserAdd.tsx
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ export const UserAdd = (props: UserProps) => {
               .join(" ")} is required`;
             invalidForm = true;
           } else if (!validateName(state.form[field])) {
-            errors[field] = "Please enter a valid name";
+            errors[field] = t("min_char_length_error", { min_length: 3 });
             invalidForm = true;
           }
           return;