Get auth()->user in test?

I want to test out my service that use auth()->user? How do I mock this?

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You can fake that a user is logged in. You can use the actingAs($user) method for this. Check this part of the documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/http-tests#session-and-authentication

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I just google that I could use $this->be() to authenticate myself.

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@gthell $this->be is an alias of $this->actingAs ;) It's the same thing in the end.

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@bobbybouwmann Haha, guess I didn't know that. Didn't read the Doc :)

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@gthell Well, next time. Read the docs ;)

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