Level 11
I have exact same problem with you, but haven't figured out how to solve this...
Dec 7, 2015
14
Level 6
Session missing 'errors' key in PHPUnit
I can't get the $this->assertSessionHasErrors(); assertion to work.
// The only trait I'm using is DatabaseTransactions
$this->visit('/signup');
$this->submitForm('Create my account', [
'name' => '',
'email' => 'pedro',
'cellphone' => 1698149,
'password' => 123,
'password_confirmation' => 123
]);
$this->seePageIs('/signup');
$this->assertSessionHasErrors(); // this fails
If I $this->dump() the page it shows all the errors messages when the validation fails. It also works correctly in the browser. But when running phpunit all I get is:
Session missing key: errors
Failed asserting that false is true.
I also tried dumping $this->app['session.store'] in my test:
#attributes: array:4 [
"_token" => "2hGrgYb0manQcPBpwi60BFozLnBBMAx0hYJVfEH3"
"_previous" => array:1 [
"url" => "http://localhost/signup"
]
"flash" => array:2 [
"old" => []
"new" => []
]
"_sf2_meta" => array:3 [
"u" => 1449505334
"c" => 1449505334
"l" => "0"
]
]
This is the code where the form posts to in my routes.php:
// …
if ($validator->fails())
{
return redirect('/signup')
->withInput()
->withErrors($validator);
}
// …
I'm using 5.1 fresh installed yesterday.
Level 6
I gave up trying to find a solution for this. I'm testing Laravel 5.2 now, I'll let you know if it works.
Level 53
I've never used that assertion but, it looks like you may need to add an array of bindings to the assertion. ->assertSessionHasErrors($bindings = [], $format = null);
Level 5
Maybe you should switch sessions to database in tests? because probably they are just array and not storing anything useful?
Level 4
Well, I'm suffering the same behaviour. Laravel 5.1
Level 4
Solved,
call $this->session()or Session::start() withing your test or your test setUp method.
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Level 2
Anyone figure out a solution because I tried @Javi solution but still couldn't get it to work for me.
Level 3
I have the same problem too using Laravel 5.2 and haven't found any solution. Starting a new session in setUp or in the test method doesn't resolve the issue. I've also tested with different session drivers (other than array) without success.
Any idea @JeffreyWay ?
Level 42
@nmarfurt Errors are only flashed to the session so when your assertion is executed they have already been removed. You can see that by displaying the session's contents: dd(session()->all());
If you put something into the session within your application before it fails to validate the input, e.g. session()->put('test','something'); you can see that it is still there. If you flash something to the session, e.g. session()->flash('test','something else'); you can see that it is no longer there.
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Level 3
@skliche Thanks for your response, it makes sense.
Then it means that this assertation will always fail when used with a form, right? Not very intuitive I must say.
Do you know any other option to test that a form has been correctly submitted without validation errors? I know I could check that the page contains a message for each invalid field, but it doesn't seem optimal, especially with localized messages.
Level 42
@nmarfurt Yes, it will always fail in such a situation.
After successfully submitting a form you are usually either redirected somewhere else or you should have any kind of visual indication of success (or failure). Both can easily be checked for. If you are concerned about localization just use trans() in your tests as well, e.g.
see(trans('forms.order.success'))
or in case of failure e.g.
see(trans('validation.confirmed', ['attribute' => 'password']))
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Level 3
I will go that way. Thanks for your help @skliche !
Level 2
@nmarfurt did you get this to work eventually? I have been trying both your original solution, and the alternative solution provided by @skliche, but none seem to work.
I have opened a topic at the following url: https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/testing/testing-for-validation-errors
Level 5
I thought I'd post here for anybody having a similar problem, as I was having a similar issue. Typically when I want to test the validation of a form, I do $this->post->(route('endpoint for Controller handling the error). [data])->assertSessionHasErrors();
I did notice that if I do $this->json('post', route(), [data]) it fails - I need to use the $this->post method directly.
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