jamierumbelow/codeigniter-base-model — pull request #153 by alzalabany (2014-01-30 04:04:15+00:00)
Title: using form_validation->set_data, and ..

#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).