So I have this test where I like to setup it once and setup the global variables that way I can use the same data on all methods inside my test class.
I am creating something like this, in a certain directly tests/Unit/Subscription/WithCard.php
class WithCard extends TestCase
{
protected $patient;
protected $plan;
protected $patientSubscription;
// i like to run this once, and use the variables patient, plan, and patientSubscription from all the methods.
public function setup(): void {
$this->patient = PatientFactory::new()->create();
$this->plan = SubscriptionPlan::new()->create();
$this->patientSubscription = new Subscription($this->patient, $this->plan)->subscribe();
}
public function testCheckIfSubscriptionWasSuccessfullyCreated()
{
$this->assertNotNull($this->patientSubscription);
}
public function testCheckIfSuccessfullyPay() {
$isPaid = Subscription::isPatientPaid($this->patient, $this->plan);
$this->assertTrue($isPaid);
}
// a lot of code
}
I tried using setUpBeforeClass but Im not successfull either.
setUp will be run for every test in the class, but that should be fine I would assume? If you are using the RefreshDatabase trait, laravel will automatically roll back data after each test. Can you explain why your current code is a problem?
@Sinnbeck I am trying to use the same data on other test methods. Specially that we are using a certain API that needs to be run only once, I dont want to fetch that API on every method.
@BroJenuel Dont fetch data from the actual api on every test. Mock the response. I assume the tests are testing your code, not the api.
@Sinnbeck yup thats what I was actually trying to achieve, I like to fetch the data from a test API only once, and use that same data on every test.
@BroJenuel I dont think it currently works with laravel, but if it has been fixed, you could use vcr https://github.com/php-vcr/php-vcr
@Sinnbeck I did a work around, I created a class to store my data. This works but I dont know if its good
class MyData {
public static $patient;
public static $plan;
public static $patientSubscription;
}
class WithCard extends TestCase
{
public function setupOnFirstTest () {
MyData::$patient = PatientFactory::new()->create();
MyData::$plan = SubscriptionPlan::new()->create();
MyData::$patientSubscription = new Subscription($this->patient, $this->plan)->subscribe();
}
public function testCheckIfSubscriptionWasSuccessfullyCreated()
{
$this->setupOnFirstTest(); // run setup on first test to setup the data
$this->assertNotNull(MyData::$patientSubscription);
}
public function testCheckIfSuccessfullyPay() {
$isPaid = Subscription::isPatientPaid(MyData::$patient, MyData::$plan);
$this->assertTrue($isPaid);
}
// a lot of code
}
@BroJenuel tests should never be dependent on each other. You should be able to run each test by itself or in random order
So here a static property to check if it had run in setup would be better
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