Level 102
Do you mean an actual test? Like phpunit. Or just testing it in the browser
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Aug 17, 2022
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Level 10
How to test a rule?
Hi all,
I have a requestFile set this way:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Requests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
class ProfileUpdateRequest extends FormRequest
{
/**
* Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
/**
* Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
*
* @return array<string, mixed>
*/
public function rules()
{
return [
'first_name' => ['required', 'max:255', 'string'],
'last_name' => ['required', 'max:255', 'string'],
'email' => [
'required',
Rule::unique('users', 'email')->ignore($this->profile),
'email',
],
'password' => ['nullable'],
'business_name' => ['nullable', 'max:255', 'string'],
'postcode' => ['nullable', 'max:255', 'string'],
'business_phone' => ['nullable', 'max:255', 'string'],
'vat_number' => ['nullable', 'max:255', 'string'],
'active' => ['required', 'max:255', 'string'],
'avatar' => ['nullable', 'image', 'max:1024'],
'roles' => 'array',
];
}
}
The request never reaches my controller so I assume that there is an error in the request itself. Is there a way to output errors in this case please from this file as I am not getting any output after the request.
Thanks
Level 10
@Sinnbeck Sorry, yes true, this can be understood differently.
What I meant is that the data from my form is sent and received via $this->profile . The data from $this->profile seems correct, but I am unable to find out why the "return" is not passing the validation.
In my controller, I never land to the "update method", the request seems to be invalided:
public function update(ProfileUpdateRequest $request, Profile $profile)
{
//logger('testing') <----it is never reaching this point.
}
Level 102
@User476820 show the validation errors on the page to see the error https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/blade#validation-errors
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Level 102
Or use dd inside the form request to inspect your variables
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Level 20
You can see the validation errors by dumping them like this:
public function test_create_product()
{
$response = $this->post('/products', [
'name' => 'something',
//...
]);
// See what is failing
dd(session('errors'));
}
Level 80
@Swaz $response->assertSessionHasNoErrors() would be better:
https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/http-tests#assert-session-has-no-errors
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Level 20
@martinbean I think @user476820 just wants to temporarily see why a test is not hitting the controller. It's getting stuck in validation but doesn't know what provided data is invalid.
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Level 80
@Swaz …and the above will show validation errors if validation unexpectedly fails.
Level 10
Ok everyone I worked it out at the end.
I am using livewire(inherited an app that uses this, and I am not familiar with it). The rule was correct, but the x-input has a missing variable in blade which was set as "required" in the database. It looks like this type of app does not behave like a normal Laravel app as no errors were being output at all in the log. I was expecting something like "Missing data for table column XXXX".
I am still trying to figure out why no errors were being output....
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