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

Answer 1

And there maybe another reason of not saving model - you have property of your Users class and before saving from form its reset to NULL.

So, if you set $model->saveAttributes('favorite_book'=>$model->favorite_book), but at that time you declared in class Users public $favorite_book - you will get this field empty in DB.