Fixes #3744: `yii\db\Connection` now skips `bindValues` if there are no parameters to bind

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #3631: Added property `currencyCode` to `yii\i18n\Formatter` (leandrogehlen)
 - Enh #3636: Hide menu container tag with empty items in `yii\widgets\Menu` (arturf)
 - Enh #3643: Improved Mime-Type detection by using the `mime.types` file from apache http project to dected mime types by file extension (cebe, pavel-voronin, trejder)
+- Enh #3744: `yii\db\Connection` now skips `bindValues` if there are no parameters to bind (samdark, novalicious)
 - Enh: Added support for using sub-queries when building a DB query with `IN` condition (qiangxue)
 - Enh: Supported adding a new response formatter without the need to reconfigure existing formatters (qiangxue)
 - Enh: Added `yii\web\UrlManager::addRules()` to simplify adding new URL rules (qiangxue)

framework/db/Connection.php

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ class Connection extends Component
             'sql' => $sql,
         ]);
 
-        return $command->bindValues($params);
+        return $params === [] ? $command : $command->bindValues($params);
     }
 
     /**