How to insert basic data into the database in Yii2?

Question

Yii

You need to enter the initial data into the database. There are migrations in yii, but they are more for structural changes.
There is an idea to create a controller and a component in a console application. What are the ways of implementation?

Answer 1

Still, Yii 2.0 migrations have methods for inserting data, for example

$this->insert(...);
$this->batchInsert(...);