How to create user in database manually in Yii2?

Question

I do import of users from a csv file to the database. In csv file I have some kinda username and password string. So how do I create a new user manually? As I understand I need

Answer 1

This should be the minimum required in your case. $username and $password are raw values taken from the CSV. Remember that there will be validation applied.

$user = new User();
$user->username = $username;
$user->setPassword($password);
$user->generateAuthKey();

return $user->save();