Can you check your .env file , if this is correct DB_HOST=mysql ?
And run php artisan config:clear ?
If so, does sail test work?
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Hi,
I'm getting an error specified in the subject of this thread, when I run phpunit to test a feature.
Laravel version is latest.
Concert.php:
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Concert extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
protected $fillable = ['title','subtitle', 'date', 'ticket_price','venue','venue_address','city','state','zip','additional_information'];
}
ViewConcertListingTest.php:
<?php
namespace Tests\Feature;
// use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use App\Models\Concert;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Tests\TestCase;
class ViewConcertListingTest extends TestCase
{
/** @test */
function user_can_view_a_concert_listing()
{
// Arrange
// Create a concert
$concert = Concert::create([
'title' => 'Sample Title',
'subtitle' => 'Sample Subtitle',
'date' => Carbon::parse('December 13, 2016 8:00pm'),
'ticket_price' => 3250,
'venue' => 'Sample Venue',
'venue_address' => '123 Sample Address',
'city' => 'Some City',
'state' => 'ON',
'zip' => '12345',
'additional_information' => 'For tickets, call (555) 555-5555.'
]);
// Act
// View the concert listing
$this->visit('/concerts/'.$concert->id);
// Assert
// see the concert details
$this->see('Sample Title');
$this->see('Sample Subtitle');
$this->see('December 13, 2016');
$this->see('8:00pm');
$this->see('32.50');
$this->see('Sample Venue',);
$this->see('123 Sample Address');
$this->see('Some City, ON 12345');
$this->see('For tickets, call (555) 555-5555.');
}
}
docker-compose.yml:
# For more information: https://laravel.com/docs/sail
version: '3'
services:
laravel.test:
build:
context: ./vendor/laravel/sail/runtimes/8.1
dockerfile: Dockerfile
args:
WWWGROUP: '${WWWGROUP}'
image: sail-8.1/app
extra_hosts:
- 'host.docker.internal:host-gateway'
ports:
- '${APP_PORT:-80}:80'
- '${VITE_PORT:-5173}:${VITE_PORT:-5173}'
environment:
WWWUSER: '${WWWUSER}'
LARAVEL_SAIL: 1
XDEBUG_MODE: '${SAIL_XDEBUG_MODE:-off}'
XDEBUG_CONFIG: '${SAIL_XDEBUG_CONFIG:-client_host=host.docker.internal}'
volumes:
- '.:/var/www/html'
networks:
- sail
depends_on:
- mysql
- redis
- meilisearch
- selenium
mysql:
image: 'mysql/mysql-server:8.0'
ports:
- '${FORWARD_DB_PORT:-3306}:3306'
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: '${DB_PASSWORD}'
MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: "%"
MYSQL_DATABASE: '${DB_DATABASE}'
MYSQL_USER: '${DB_USERNAME}'
MYSQL_PASSWORD: '${DB_PASSWORD}'
MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 1
volumes:
- 'sail-mysql:/var/lib/mysql'
- './vendor/laravel/sail/database/mysql/create-testing-database.sh:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/10-create-testing-database.sh'
networks:
- sail
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-p${DB_PASSWORD}"]
retries: 3
timeout: 5s
redis:
image: 'redis:alpine'
ports:
- '${FORWARD_REDIS_PORT:-6379}:6379'
volumes:
- 'sail-redis:/data'
networks:
- sail
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
retries: 3
timeout: 5s
meilisearch:
image: 'getmeili/meilisearch:latest'
ports:
- '${FORWARD_MEILISEARCH_PORT:-7700}:7700'
volumes:
- 'sail-meilisearch:/meili_data'
networks:
- sail
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--spider", "http://localhost:7700/health"]
retries: 3
timeout: 5s
mailhog:
image: 'mailhog/mailhog:latest'
ports:
- '${FORWARD_MAILHOG_PORT:-1025}:1025'
- '${FORWARD_MAILHOG_DASHBOARD_PORT:-8025}:8025'
networks:
- sail
selenium:
image: 'selenium/standalone-chrome'
volumes:
- '/dev/shm:/dev/shm'
networks:
- sail
networks:
sail:
driver: bridge
volumes:
sail-mysql:
driver: local
sail-redis:
driver: local
sail-meilisearch:
driver: local
Can you check your .env file , if this is correct DB_HOST=mysql ?
And run php artisan config:clear ?
If so, does sail test work?
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