Form validation config & dynamic

Alternatively, you could load the config file, retrieve the rules, and set them manually before setting your additional rules, then leave the group name out of the call to form_validation->run().

PHP Code:

case 'tickets':
    // Load the form_validation config. Passing true for the second argument loads
    // the values into the 'form_validation' config item.
    $this->config->load('form_validation', true);

    $this->form_validation->set_rules($this->config->item('form_tickets', 'form_validation'));

    $tickets = $this->config->item('tb_tickets');
    // ... 


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