CodeIgniter Validation: possible to validate GET query strings?

Question

The form validation library seems to only work on POST. I need to use query strings and would like to use CI to validate the passed values. Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

Reference How do I validate a form field in Codeigniter when using Get parameters?

Before validation rules, set the validation data with the following code.

 $this->form_validation->set_data($_GET);