using form_validation->set_data, and ..

[alzalabany]

other than hacking $_POST use native form_validation->set_data($data);

and added 2nd param for function validate(data,parital) to only apply rules for submitted data.

(useful when updating row, as u can update user.middle_name without having to submit all other user table required fields for example).

[alzalabany]

partial only applies when $this->valdate is an array of rules..

[jamierumbelow]

Thanks!

A couple of things:

• Do you think you could write tests for this?
• I see that you're using array literal bracket syntax on line 821 ($config=[];). This ties users into using >PHP5.4, for very little benefit.