Accessing validation field values in 1.7?

[eluser]nizsmo[/eluser]
Accessing $this->input->post('your_field_name') after $this->form_validation->run() has been called (and assuming successful) the POST value will have been modified and "sanitized" according to your form_validation rules.
EG if you have a rule required|md5 for your $this->input->post('password') field, the $this->input->post('password') will be md5'ed automatically. At least, this has been my experience with CI 1.7 so far.