Very Irritating Problem

[eluser]Armchair Samurai[/eluser]
If it was me, I'd just tack it on the end of the custom string section:

Custom string:

You can write your own clauses manually:

Code:

$where = "name='Joe' AND status='boss' OR status='active'";

$this->db->where($where);

If you write your own custom string, $this->db->where() accepts an optional second parameter. If you set it to FALSE, CodeIgniter will not try to protect your field names with backticks.

Code:

$this->db->where('MATCH (first_name, last_name) AGAINST (`wiggum`)', FALSE);