Default values init moved to a method that should be called manually

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #2661: Added boolean column type support for SQLite (qiangxue)
 - Enh #2670: Changed `console\Controller::globalOptions()` to `options($actionId)` to (make it possible to) differentiate options per action (hqx)
 - Enh #2714: Added support for formatting time intervals relative to the current time with `yii\base\Formatter` (drenty)
-- Enh #2726: ActiveRecord now fills default values on creating new instance of the model if defaults are available from DB schema (samdark)
+- Enh #2726: Added `yii\db\ActiveRecord::loadDefaultValues()` that fills default values from DB schema (samdark)
 - Enh #2729: Added `FilterValidator::skipOnArray` so that filters like `trim` will not fail for array inputs (qiangxue)
 - Enh #2735: Added support for `DateTimeInterface` in `Formatter` (ivokund)
 - Enh #2756: Added support for injecting custom `isEmpty` check for all validators (qiangxue)

framework/db/ActiveRecord.php

@@ -94,15 +94,18 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
     const OP_ALL = 0x07;
 
     /**
-     * @inheritdoc
+     * Loads default values from database table schema
+     *
+     * @return static model instance
      */
-    public function init()
+    public function loadDefaultValues()
     {
         foreach ($this->getTableSchema()->columns as $column) {
             if ($column->defaultValue) {
                 $this->{$column->name} = $column->defaultValue;
             }
         }
+        return $this;
     }
 
     /**