Error when using json() method in test

I have been testing an application I am developing and up until today all of my tests were working fine. Now when I try to run tests I am getting an error: ErrorException: substr() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given that is being produced from the json() method.

/** @test */
    public function admin_can_remove_facebook_ad_account_from_campaign()
    {
        $facebookAd = factory(App\FacebookAd::class)->make();
        $this->campaign->facebookAds()->save($facebookAd);

        $this->actingAs($this->admin, 'admin')
            ->json('DELETE', 'facebookAd/' . $facebookAd->id);
            
        $this->assertNull(App\FacebookAd::find($facebookAd->id));
    }

Any ideas as to why the substr() method thinks the string 'DELETE' is an array?

tykus

9 years ago

Level 104

That error is probably being thrown from somewhere else - check the stack trace and post the full error here.

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ryandbump

9 years ago

Best Answer

Level 1

Well I figured out what the issue was. I had added a custom variable to the .env file and made it available app wide by creating an alias in the config/app.php file to env variables. A syntax error was causing the error and the stack trace did not make it clear what code was throwing the exception.

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