model->save() Not Working In Yii2

Question

Previously, I was not using $model->save() function for inserting or updating any data. I was simply using createCommand() to execute query and it was working successfully. But, my team members asked me to avoid createCommand() and use $model->save();

Now, I started cleaning my code and problem is $model->save(); not working for me. I don't know where i did mistake.

UsersController.php (Controller)

<?php
namespace app\modules\users\controllers;
use Yii;
use yii\web\NotFoundHttpException;
use yii\filters\VerbFilter;
use yii\swiftmailer\Mailer;
use yii\filters\AccessControl;
use yii\web\Response;
use yii\widgets\ActiveForm;
use app\modules\users\models\Users;
use app\controllers\CommonController;

class UsersController extends CommonController 
{
    .
    .

    public function actionRegister() {
    $model = new Users();

        // For Ajax Email Exist Validation
   if(Yii::$app->request->isAjax && $model->load(Yii::$app->request->post())){
     Yii::$app->response->format = Response::FORMAT_JSON;
     return ActiveForm::validate($model);
   } 

   else if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post())) {
      $post = Yii::$app->request->post('Users');
      $CheckExistingUser = $model->findOne(['email' => $post['email']]);

      // Ok. Email Doesn't Exist
      if(!$CheckExistingUser) {

        $auth_key = $model->getConfirmationLink();
        $password = md5($post['password']);
        $registration_ip = Yii::$app->getRequest()->getUserIP();
        $created_at = date('Y-m-d h:i:s');

        $model->auth_key = $auth_key;
        $model->password = $password;
        $model->registration_ip = $registration_ip;
        $model->created_at = $created_at;

        if($model->save()) {
          print_r("asd");
        }

      }

    } 
    }
    .
    .
}

Everything OK in this except $model->save(); Not printing 'asd' as i echoed it.

And, if i write

else if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post() && $model->validate()) {

}

It's not entering to this if condition.

And, if i write

if($model->save(false)) {
    print_r("asd");
}

It insert NULL to all columns and print 'asd'

Users.php (model)

<?php

namespace app\modules\users\models;

use Yii;
use yii\base\Model;
use yii\db\ActiveRecord;
use yii\helpers\Security;
use yii\web\IdentityInterface;
use app\modules\users\models\UserType;

class Users extends ActiveRecord implements IdentityInterface 
{

  public $id;
  public $first_name;
  public $last_name;
  public $email;
  public $password;
  public $rememberMe;
  public $confirm_password;
  public $user_type;
  public $company_name;
  public $status;
  public $auth_key;
  public $confirmed_at;
  public $registration_ip;
  public $verify_code;
  public $created_at;
  public $updated_at;
  public $_user = false;

  public static function tableName() {
    return 'users';
  }

  public function rules() {
    return [
      //First Name
      'FirstNameLength' => ['first_name', 'string', 'min' => 3, 'max' => 255],
      'FirstNameTrim' => ['first_name', 'filter', 'filter' => 'trim'],
      'FirstNameRequired' => ['first_name', 'required'],
      //Last Name
      'LastNameLength' => ['last_name', 'string', 'min' => 3, 'max' => 255],
      'LastNameTrim' => ['last_name', 'filter', 'filter' => 'trim'],
      'LastNameRequired' => ['last_name', 'required'],
      //Email ID
      'emailTrim' => ['email', 'filter', 'filter' => 'trim'],
      'emailRequired' => ['email', 'required'],
      'emailPattern' => ['email', 'email'],
      'emailUnique' => ['email', 'unique', 'message' => 'Email already exists!'],
      //Password
      'passwordRequired' => ['password', 'required'],
      'passwordLength' => ['password', 'string', 'min' => 6],
      //Confirm Password
      'ConfirmPasswordRequired' => ['confirm_password', 'required'],
      'ConfirmPasswordLength' => ['confirm_password', 'string', 'min' => 6],
      ['confirm_password', 'compare', 'compareAttribute' => 'password'],
      //Admin Type
      ['user_type', 'required'],
      //company_name
      ['company_name', 'required', 'when' => function($model) {
          return ($model->user_type == 2 ? true : false);
        }, 'whenClient' => "function (attribute, value) {
          return $('input[type=\"radio\"][name=\"Users[user_type]\"]:checked').val() == 2;
      }"], #'enableClientValidation' => false
      //Captcha
      ['verify_code', 'captcha'],

      [['auth_key','registration_ip','created_at'],'safe'] 
    ];
  }

  public function attributeLabels() {
    return [
      'id' => 'ID',
      'first_name' => 'First Name',
      'last_name' => 'Last Name',
      'email' => 'Email',
      'password' => 'Password',
      'user_type' => 'User Type',
      'company_name' => 'Company Name',
      'status' => 'Status',
      'auth_key' => 'Auth Key',
      'confirmed_at' => 'Confirmed At',
      'registration_ip' => 'Registration Ip',
      'confirm_id' => 'Confirm ID',
      'created_at' => 'Created At',
      'updated_at' => 'Updated At',
      'verify_code' => 'Verification Code',
    ];
  }

  //custom methods
  public static function findIdentity($id) {
    return static::findOne($id);
  }

  public static function instantiate($row) {
    return new static($row);
  }

  public static function findIdentityByAccessToken($token, $type = null) {
    throw new NotSupportedException('Method "' . __CLASS__ . '::' . __METHOD__ . '" is not implemented.');
  }

  public function getId() {
    return $this->id;
  }

  public function getAuthKey() {
    return $this->auth_key;
  }

  public function validateAuthKey($authKey) {
    return $this->auth_key === $auth_key;
  }

  public function validatePassword($password) {
    return $this->password === $password;
  }

  public function getFirstName() {
    return $this->first_name;
  }

  public function getLastName() {
    return $this->last_name;
  }

  public function getEmail() {
    return $this->email;
  }

  public function getCompanyName() {
    return $this->company_name;
  }

  public function getUserType() {
    return $this->user_type;
  }

  public function getStatus() {
    return $this->status;
  }

  public function getUserTypeValue() {
    $UserType = $this->user_type;
    $UserTypeValue = UserType::find()->select(['type'])->where(['id' => $UserType])->one();
    return $UserTypeValue['type'];
  }

  public function getCreatedAtDate() {
    $CreatedAtDate = $this->created_at;
    $CreatedAtDate = date('d-m-Y h:i:s A', strtotime($CreatedAtDate));
    return $CreatedAtDate;
  }

  public function getLastUpdatedDate() {
    $UpdatedDate = $this->updated_at;
    if ($UpdatedDate != 0) {
      $UpdatedDate = date('d-m-Y h:i:s A', strtotime($UpdatedDate));
      return $UpdatedDate;
    } else {
      return '';
    }
  }

  public function register() {
    if ($this->validate()) {
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

  public static function findByEmailAndPassword($email, $password) {
    $password = md5($password);
    $model = Yii::$app->db->createCommand("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email ='{$email}' AND password='{$password}' AND status=1");
    $users = $model->queryOne();
    if (!empty($users)) {
      return new Users($users);
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

  public static function getConfirmationLink() {
    $characters = 'abcedefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzzyxwvutsrqponmlk';
    $confirmLinkID = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
      $confirmLinkID .= $characters[rand(0, strlen($characters) - 1)];
    }
    return $confirmLinkID = md5($confirmLinkID);
  }

}

Any help is appreciable. Please Help me.

Answer 1

It could be a problem related with your validation rules.

Try, as a test, to save the model without any validation in this way:

$model->save(false);

If the model is saved you have conflict with your validation rules. Try selectively removing your validation rule(s) to find the validation conflict.

If you have redefined the value present in active record you don't assign the value to the var for db but for this new var and then are not save.

Try removing the duplicated var.. (only the vars non mapped to db should be declared here.)