yiisoft/yii2 · error · yii\base\InvalidArgumentException

$rawColumns is not valid columns.

Error message

$rawColumns is not valid columns.

What it means

Error "$rawColumns is not valid columns." thrown in yiisoft/yii2.

Source

Thrown at framework/db/QueryBuilder.php:1552

    }

    /**
     * Processes columns and properly quotes them if necessary.
     * It will join all columns into a string with comma as separators.
     * @param string|array $columns the columns to be processed
     * @return string the processing result
     */
    public function buildColumns($columns)
    {
        if (!is_array($columns)) {
            if (strpos($columns, '(') !== false) {
                return $columns;
            }

            $rawColumns = $columns;
            $columns = preg_split('/\s*,\s*/', $columns, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
            if ($columns === false) {
                throw new InvalidArgumentException("$rawColumns is not valid columns.");
            }
        }
        foreach ($columns as $i => $column) {
            if ($column instanceof ExpressionInterface) {
                $columns[$i] = $this->buildExpression($column);
            } elseif (strpos($column, '(') === false) {
                $columns[$i] = $this->db->quoteColumnName($column);
            }
        }

        return implode(', ', $columns);
    }

    /**
     * Parses the condition specification and generates the corresponding SQL expression.
     * @param string|array|ExpressionInterface $condition the condition specification. Please refer to [[Query::where()]]
     * on how to specify a condition.
     * @param array $params the binding parameters to be populated

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at framework/db/QueryBuilder.php:1552 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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