Fixed `$model->load($data)` returned `true` if `$data` and `formName` were empty

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug: Fixed URL parsing so it's now properly giving 404 for URLs like `http://example.com//////site/about` (samdark)
 - Bug: Fixed `HelpController::getModuleCommands` issue where it attempts to scan a module's controller directory when it doesn't exist (jom)
 - Bug: Fixed an issue with Filehelper and not accessable directories which resulted in endless loop (cebe)
+- Bug: Fixed `$model->load($data)` returned `true` if `$data` and `formName` were empty (samdark)
 - Enh #46: Added Image extension based on [Imagine library](http://imagine.readthedocs.org) (tonydspaniard)
 - Enh #364: Improve Inflector::slug with `intl` transliteration. Improved transliteration char map. (tonydspaniard)
 - Enh #797: Added support for validating multiple columns by `UniqueValidator` and `ExistValidator` (qiangxue)

framework/base/Model.php

@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ class Model extends Component implements IteratorAggregate, ArrayAccess, Arrayab
 	public function load($data, $formName = null)
 	{
 		$scope = $formName === null ? $this->formName() : $formName;
-		if ($scope == '') {
+		if ($scope == '' && !empty($data)) {
 			$this->setAttributes($data);
 			return true;
 		} elseif (isset($data[$scope])) {