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This is how my ModelFactory.php looks:
<?php
/** @var \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factory $factory */
use App\User;
use Faker\Generator as Faker;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$factory->define(User::class, function (Faker $faker) {
return [
'name' => $faker->name,
'email' => $faker->unique()->safeEmail,
'email_verified_at' => now(),
'password' => 'yIXUNpkjO0rOQ5byMi.Ye4oKoEa3Ro9llC/.og/at2.uheWG/igi', // password
'remember_token' => Str::random(10),
];
});
$factory->define(\App\Course::class, function (Faker $faker) {
return [
'user_id' => function () {
return (factory(User::class)->create())->id;
},
'name' => $faker->sentence,
'short_description' => $faker->sentence(20),
'description' => $faker->paragraph(10),
'seats' => random_int(0, 10),
'expiry_date' => $faker->dateTimeBetween('+0 days', '+3 months'),
];
});
And this is how my unit test looks:
<?php
namespace Tests\Unit;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
class CourseTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
/** @test */
public function a_course_belongs_to_a_teacher() {
$course = factory(\App\Course::class, 1)->create();
//$this->assertInstanceOf(\App\Course::class, $course->teacher);
}
}
This is the error I receive InvalidArgumentException: Unable to locate factory with name [default] [App\Course].
I can't understand why, any help is appreciated.
@catalinul for this guy the leading backslash was a problem here:
Check if removing the backslash before \App\Course::class clears your problem as well. So it should be App\Course::class instead.
And clear the cache or run composer dump-autoload as well.
Nothing changed, same error, thanks! If I try the same code in a feature test, it works!
I'm using laravel 6.
@catalinul if it works, then you might have something other going on. If you run it in tinker it works too right?
Make sure that you got this answer as well in case you are overriding some of the default methods:
Yes, it works with tinker and it also works when I use it in a feature test, it seems to not be working when using in a unit test, this is a clean installation of laravel 6, I just made it. I tried everything, cleared the cache, I ran composer dump-autoload, I created a new factory, deleted the old one.
If I try:
$user = factory('App\User')->create();
I get exactly the same error in a unit test.
The same code runs if placed in a feature test or used with tinker.
@catalinul Ah, I see I believe you have the wrong import for the parent class.
Use this
use Tests\TestCase;
instead of
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
as the first one is where Laravel does all it's startup.
Do you have multiple factories defined in same file? if so then try to split them.
This is how it was generated by laravel, maybe a bug.
@catalinul And you are most likely right, but it is not a bug, instead it is intended way now, so that the unit test does not depends on the framework at all.
Take a look at this change 7 days ago.
https://github.com/laravel/framework/commit/e30a0c979d98f2f1f7b6c565e4002734237a280b
And the comment below.
Nice one. Better separation for tests.
Yeah this solved my problem but could you please explain the issue in detail.
@nakov You are great! your solution works very well. Thanks
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