Avoid sql injection in yii2

Question

How to filter query parameters before inserting them into table to prevent sql injection?

Have such code:

$QueryParams = Yii::$app->request->getQueryParams();
$model = new Accounts();
$model->attributes = $QueryParams;
$connection->createCommand()->insert('accounts', $model->attributes)->execute();

Is this safe approach?

Answer 1

The approach is safe, but there is a better one:

$model = new Accounts();

if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->get()) && $model->save()) {
    // 'when the model is saved' logic here
}

// other code

This basically does, what the posted code does, but includes model validation, is shorter, and is easier to understand.

Answer 2

The approach is safe. But, if the Accounts class is an ActiveRecord class (extends it), then you can simplify your code:

$model->load(Yii::$app->request->get());
$model->save();

It's equivalent to:

$connection->createCommand()->insert('accounts', $model->attributes)->execute();

Which is less intuitive, and may even have compatibility problems if you are using a different kind of database.

Also, sometimes you need raw queries. In this case it's preferred to use prepared statements :

$result = $connection
    ->createCommand('SELECT id FROM accounts WHERE name=:name')
    ->bindValues([':name' => $name])
    ->queryColumn();

There is a good Yii2 security best practices guide on GitHub.