From 2f0d3663b6e599308ce5428f621828945f0adbe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Long <plong00@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:24:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow null value when field is not required

---
 src/Jsv4/Validator.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Jsv4/Validator.php b/src/Jsv4/Validator.php
index 76bfed9..a75882b 100644
--- a/src/Jsv4/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Jsv4/Validator.php
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ private function includeSubResult($subResult, $dataPrefix, $schemaPrefix)
 
 	private function checkTypes()
 	{
+		if (empty($this->schema->required) && is_null($this->data)) {
+			return;
+		}
 		if (isset($this->schema->type)) {
 			$types = $this->schema->type;
 			if (!is_array($types)) {