Fixes #1611: Added `BaseActiveRecord::markAttributeDirty()`

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #1579: throw exception when the given AR relation name does not match in a case sensitive manner (qiangxue)
 - Enh #1581: Added `ActiveQuery::joinWith()` and `ActiveQuery::innerJoinWith()` to support joining with relations (qiangxue)
 - Enh #1601: Added support for tagName and encodeLabel parameters in ButtonDropdown (omnilight)
+- Enh #1611: Added `BaseActiveRecord::markAttributeDirty()` (qiangxue)
 - Enh: Added `favicon.ico` and `robots.txt` to defauly application templates (samdark)
 - Enh: Added `Widget::autoIdPrefix` to support prefixing automatically generated widget IDs (qiangxue)
 - Enh: Support for file aliases in console command 'message' (omnilight)

framework/yii/db/BaseActiveRecord.php

@@ -494,6 +494,17 @@ abstract class BaseActiveRecord extends Model implements ActiveRecordInterface
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Marks an attribute dirty.
+	 * This method may be called to force updating a record when calling [[update()]],
+	 * even if there is no change being made to the record.
+	 * @param string $name the attribute name
+	 */
+	public function markAttributeDirty($name)
+	{
+		unset($this->_oldAttributes[$name]);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Returns a value indicating whether the named attribute has been changed.
 	 * @param string $name the name of the attribute
 	 * @return boolean whether the attribute has been changed