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diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index 3536241..46a8c41 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -630,6 +630,11 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
                // Cycle through each rule and run it
                foreach ($rules as $rule)
                {
+                       if (empty($rule))
+                       {
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
                        $_in_array = FALSE;
 
                        // We set the $postdata variable with the current data in our master array so that