Laravel 10 - Model::save not working

@jaseofspades88 That returns:

Configuration: D:\laragon\www\library-using-tdd\phpunit.xml

Illuminate\Http\Request^ {#3225 // app\Http\Controllers\BookController.php:58
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      "price" => 4103
      "year_published" => 1755
    ]
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  basePath: ""
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}

@jmacdiarmid you are running a test; when do you check the database for the saved data? What does the test class look like?

@tykus Here's the test class:

class BookReservationTest extends TestCase
{
    use RefreshDatabase;
    use WithFaker;

    public function __construct(string $name)
    {
        parent::__construct($name);

        $this->setUpFaker();

    }

    public function testABookCanBeAddedToTheLibrary(): void
    {
        $this->withoutExceptionHandling();

        /** @var User $user */
        $user = User::factory()->create();

        $this->actingAs($user);

//        $this->assertAuthenticated();

        $response = $this->post('/books/store', [
            'title' => $this->faker->sentence(6, true),
//            'cover' => $this->faker->image(null, 1600, 2560, null,null,true),
            'content' => Lorem::paragraph(3, true),
            'price' => $this->faker->numberBetween($min = 500, $max = 10099),
            'year_published' => $this->faker->numberBetween($min = 1700, $max = 2023),
        ]);

//        $this->assertTrue(true);
//        $response->assertRedirect(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
        $response->assertOk();
//        $response->assertStatus($response->status);
        $this->assertCount(1, Book::all());
    }
}

@jmacdiarmid one difference is that you are using Mass Assignment in your test, and not in your controller.

@Snapey I changed it back to save, still not saving but now it gives a 302 - Redirect.

I've discovered that the test works with a successful save when I have use RefreshDatabase commented out.

@tykus Yes, it was saying that records exist, but when I refreshed the database view in phpmyadmin, it was not showing records in the table. As I mentioned in my previous reply to @snapey, when I use the RefreshDatabase use statement that's when no records are shown as if they are getting cleared after the save.

@jmacdiarmid you see the RefreshDatabase trait used by the Test class? That will be the reason nothing is persisted after tests have been run - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/database-testing#resetting-the-database-after-each-test

The record is successfully stored for the duration of the test - it is not persisted outside the context of the test being executed.

@jmacdiarmid why???

@tykus Because it works. :)

@jmacdiarmid RefreshDatabase also works! Does your code not effectively perform the same task albeit a tick later? Why do you want to manually inspect the records in your test database during the course of TDD cycles?

@tykus True, the RefreshDatabase trait works. However it wasn't working as I had expected it to. I wanted to make sure I wasn't loosing my mind as well. :)