left join with ActiveRecord (yii2) - activerecord

Question

I tried to send SQL request with LEFT JOIN but it doesn't display data from table2 table.
public static function top($limit)
{
return self::findBySql("
SELECT * FROM table 1 g1
LEFT JOIN table2 s1
ON (g1.id = s1.g_id AND s1.id = (
SELECT MAX(id)
FROM table2 s2 WHERE s2.g_id = g1.id
))
LIMIT :limit",
[':limit' => $limit]
)->all();
}

Answer 1

It seems you are adding this function to the model and self represents the model itself.
Yii will not return results from another table and will be limited to the model only if you are calling the find on a model, instead you need to use a db query as below:
$query = new \yii\db\Query;
$query->select('*')
->from('table 1 g1')
->leftJoin('table2 s1', 's1.g_id AND s1.id = (SELECT MAX(id) FROM table2 s2 WHERE s2.g_id = g1.id')
->limit($Limit);
$command = $query->createCommand();
$resp = $command->queryAll();

Answer 2

The correct SQL query is
SELECT * FROM table 1 g1
LEFT JOIN table2 s1
ON g1.some_field = s1.some_field
where g1.some_field = s1.some_field are the fields that define the join.

Answer 3

I have working code something like...:)
with user and user_friend_list
$query = new Query;
$query ->select(['user.id AS user_id', 'user_friend_list.id'])
->from('user')
->innerJoin('user_friend_list', 'user.email = user_friend_list.email');
$command = $query->createCommand();
$data = $command->queryAll();
foreach($data as $datakey)
{
//echo $datakey['id'];
$friendfind = UserFriendList::findOne($datakey['id']);
$friendfind->is_app_using_user_id=$datakey['user_id'];
$friendfind->save();
}