Test code or tested code did not (only) close its own output buffers & actingAs()

Well after two days of trying to track this error down I found the issue.

https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit-documentation/issues/403

An open @endslot That's the one. I had made a custom email text template and there it was with squiggly lines in php-storm! what . a . pain .

I had kept combing the blade files and combing the blade files. Anyhow I really hope this helps someone out!

I had this error during testing as well. It was due in my case to the @section shorthand value being null. Example :

@section('shorthand', $value) // where $value = null

When that happens the output buffer isn't closed because it expects the long syntax version:

@section('shorthand')
Like this.
@endsection

So the fix was to cast to a string or wrap the whole section in an @if.

@section('shorthand', (string) $value)

@brandonsurowiec oh great. Appreciate you adding some more depth to the post! Thank you ~

thanks this really help, in my case I got to CLOSE all the tags with @endsection

like this

 @section
// here all the data and then...
 @endsection

Thank you so much for pointing this out. There was indeed a hidden missing @endsection in some deep included subview in my case.

I've just come across this, exactly the same as @brandonsurowiec where my shorthand sections were defaulting to null. A simple change to an empty string and all sorted.

Thank you for the answer!

make sure you have $value probably it's really null