From 815ca6b4441809438ab83722fff3d6dd9c5bac92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago Talma <thiago@thiagomt.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:45:15 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Compare it equals

---
 framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php b/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
index cf08433..0642926 100644
--- a/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
+++ b/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ abstract class BaseActiveRecord extends Model implements ActiveRecordInterface
     public function isAttributeChanged($name)
     {
         if (isset($this->_attributes[$name], $this->_oldAttributes[$name])) {
-            return $this->_attributes[$name] !== $this->_oldAttributes[$name];
+            return $this->_attributes[$name] != $this->_oldAttributes[$name];
         } else {
             return isset($this->_attributes[$name]) || isset($this->_oldAttributes[$name]);
         }

From 4bb9ec8906f7b0cfa9831ff74b942bc867392f36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago Talma <thiago@thiagomt.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:32:09 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] new param

---
 framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php b/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
index 0642926..860866d 100644
--- a/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
+++ b/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
@@ -514,12 +514,13 @@ abstract class BaseActiveRecord extends Model implements ActiveRecordInterface
     /**
      * 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
+     * @param bool $identical if the comparison is made as identical
+     * @return bool whether the attribute has been changed
      */
-    public function isAttributeChanged($name)
+    public function isAttributeChanged($name, $identical = true)
     {
         if (isset($this->_attributes[$name], $this->_oldAttributes[$name])) {
-            return $this->_attributes[$name] != $this->_oldAttributes[$name];
+            return $identical ? $this->_attributes[$name] !== $this->_oldAttributes[$name] : $this->_attributes[$name] != $this->_oldAttributes[$name];
         } else {
             return isset($this->_attributes[$name]) || isset($this->_oldAttributes[$name]);
         }

From 4970fb1e95ad98d967db4b9e165133239d2affd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago Talma <thiago@thiagomt.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:36:40 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] if...else

---
 framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php b/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
index 860866d..88d2b3e 100644
--- a/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
+++ b/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
@@ -520,7 +520,12 @@ abstract class BaseActiveRecord extends Model implements ActiveRecordInterface
     public function isAttributeChanged($name, $identical = true)
     {
         if (isset($this->_attributes[$name], $this->_oldAttributes[$name])) {
-            return $identical ? $this->_attributes[$name] !== $this->_oldAttributes[$name] : $this->_attributes[$name] != $this->_oldAttributes[$name];
+            if ($identical) {
+                $changed = $this->_attributes[$name] !== $this->_oldAttributes[$name];
+            } else {
+                $changed = $this->_attributes[$name] != $this->_oldAttributes[$name];
+            }
+            return $changed;
         } else {
             return isset($this->_attributes[$name]) || isset($this->_oldAttributes[$name]);
         }

From b13d47f52ddee0314fb19f30d3b83a3f48ef9842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago Talma <thiago@thiagomt.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 23:01:12 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] changelog

---
 framework/CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 027829a..1628495 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh: `yii\widgets\LinkPager::$firstPageLabel` and `yii\widgets\LinkPager::$lastPageLabel` now could be set to true in order to use page number as label (samdark)
 - Chg #7924: Migrations in history are now ordered by time applied allowing to roll back in reverse order no matter how these were applied (samdark)
 - Chg: Updated dependency to `cebe/markdown` to version `1.1.x` (cebe)
+- Chg #8179: Added parameter to define whether the comparison of `yii\db\BaseActiveRecord::isAttributeChanged()` method will be made as identical (thiagotalma)
 
 
 2.0.3 March 01, 2015