Added typecast database types into php types

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh: Added `yii\web\View::POS_LOAD` (qiangxue)
 - Enh: Added `yii\web\Response::clearOutputBuffers()` (qiangxue)
 - Enh: Improved `QueryBuilder::buildLimit()` to support big numbers (qiangxue)
+- Enh: Added typecast database types into php types (dizews)
 - Enh #2240: Improved `yii\web\AssetManager::publish()`, `yii\web\AssetManager::getPublishedPath()` and `yii\web\AssetManager::getPublishedUrl()` to support aliases (vova07)
 - Chg #1519: `yii\web\User::loginRequired()` now returns the `Response` object instead of exiting the application (qiangxue)
 - Chg #1586: `QueryBuilder::buildLikeCondition()` will now escape special characters and use percentage characters by default (qiangxue)

framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php

@@ -1002,8 +1002,11 @@ abstract class BaseActiveRecord extends Model implements ActiveRecordInterface
 	{
 		$record = static::instantiate($row);
 		$columns = array_flip($record->attributes());
+		/* @var $schema TableSchema */
+		$schema = static::getDb()->getTableSchema(static::tableName());
 		foreach ($row as $name => $value) {
 			if (isset($columns[$name])) {
+				$value = $schema->getColumn($name)->typecast($value);
 				$record->_attributes[$name] = $value;
 			} else {
 				$record->$name = $value;