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();

Answer 2

I think you forgot to set an active status of new User. You should check it in Login method of User model in your app, or in actionLogin of SiteController. For example, in my app the login method is:

public function login()
{
    if ($this->validate() and $this->getUser()->status !== User::INACTIVE_STATUS) {
       return Yii::$app->user->login($this->getUser(), $this->rememberMe ? 3600 * 24 * 30 : 0);
    }
    return false;
}

If you show your code we can help you faster)

So if you are importing a list of users from a csv file, you will probably process this in a loop, try:

foreach ($csv_data as $user_data) {
   $user = new User();
   $user->setPassword($password);
   $user->username = $user_data->username // or anything else, depending on your code
   $user->status = 1  // or = User::STATUS_ACTIVE, depending on your code
   $user->save();
}