Validated form data - where does it go?!?

[eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser]
Validated form data can be found in:

Code:

$this->input->post('field');
$_POST['field'];
$this->validation->field;

Personally, I would use the Input class - there's no difference right now between the three, but in the future this may change. The Input class was designed to access this data specifically, in theory you should never touch the $_POST array yourself - let the framework do it for you.