handcode / yii2-active-record-typecast-behavior

1.0.0 2026-11-13 19:55 UTC

Requires

• yiisoft/yii2: ~2.0.0

BSD-3-Clause

• Jens Giessmann

• extension
• yii2

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-11-13 19:59 UTC

README

This behavior can be used to typecast yii2 ActiveRecord attribute values according to the db->schema types

Why?

To automate the filters required to solve the "int-cols are always dirty if submitted via http" problem.

see:

• yiisoft/yii2#4284
• https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/2.0/en/input-validation#data-filtering

config

the attribute typecast is done by calling \yii\validators\FilterValidator with defined filter callback according to db schema phpType all attributes with types not defined in the typeFilter array of the behavior will be ignored.

The default typeFilter definition is:

public $typeFilter = [
    'integer' => 'intval',
    'float'   => 'floatval'
];