How to change the passed object in yii2?

Question

Yii

Hello! Maybe a stupid question, but I can't figure it out.

There is a MethodsController controller, it inherits from Controller
. It has a function (public function getUser()) that checks user data, and if successful, selects an object from the database and passes it to return.
That is, roughly, $user = ExtUser::find()->all(); return $user;

There is a SiteController controller that extends MethodsController and calls this very function:
$user = $this->getUser();

As a result, everything seems to be fine. If you peep (var_dump($user)) then the user comes. I can even delete it $user->delete();
But I can not take and change the fields in it. $user->status = 2; $user->save(); - does not save.
Why?
I found the object, sent it, I received it in the SiteController controller, I see it, and I can even delete it. But its fields do not change ..

object(app\models\ExtUser)#88 (11) {
  ["status"]=>
  NULL
  ["_attributes":"yii\db\BaseActiveRecord":private]=>
  array(6) {
    ["id"]=>
    int(3)
    ["phone"]=>
    int(2147483647)
    ["token"]=>
    string(32) "2c2aa1814597cb78967e54c82b2c0b77"
    ["status"]=>
    int(0)
    ["type_id"]=>
    NULL
    ["created"]=>
    string(19) "2021-02-05 08:02:00"
  }
  ["_oldAttributes":"yii\db\BaseActiveRecord":private]=>
  array(6) {
    ["id"]=>
    int(3)
    ["phone"]=>
    int(2147483647)
    ["token"]=>
    string(32) "2c2aa1814597cb78967e54c82b2c0b77"
    ["status"]=>
    int(0)
    ["type_id"]=>
    NULL
    ["created"]=>
    string(19) "2021-02-05 08:02:00"
  }
  ["_related":"yii\db\BaseActiveRecord":private]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["_relationsDependencies":"yii\db\BaseActiveRecord":private]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["_errors":"yii\base\Model":private]=>
  NULL
  ["_validators":"yii\base\Model":private]=>
  NULL
  ["_scenario":"yii\base\Model":private]=>
  string(7) "default"
  ["_events":"yii\base\Component":private]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["_eventWildcards":"yii\base\Component":private]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["_behaviors":"yii\base\Component":private]=>
  array(0) {
  }
}

Answer 1

Does $user->save();it return true to you? Maybe the validation fails? After saving, look at the $user dump.

Answer 2

Mikrotik hAP