mongodb\ActiveRecord insert()

Inserts a row into the associated Mongo collection using the attribute values of this record.

This method performs the following steps in order:

1. call beforeValidate() when $runValidation is true. If validation fails, it will skip the rest of the steps;
2. call afterValidate() when $runValidation is true.
3. call beforeSave(). If the method returns false, it will skip the rest of the steps;
4. insert the record into collection. If this fails, it will skip the rest of the steps;
5. call afterSave();

In the above step 1, 2, 3 and 5, events EVENT_BEFORE_VALIDATE, EVENT_BEFORE_INSERT, EVENT_AFTER_INSERT and EVENT_AFTER_VALIDATE will be raised by the corresponding methods.

Only the changed attribute values will be inserted into database.

If the primary key is null during insertion, it will be populated with the actual value after insertion.

For example, to insert a customer record:

$customer = new Customer();
$customer->name = $name;
$customer->email = $email;
$customer->insert();