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Bradley
Bradley

Reputation: 306

Laravel unit testing a route with a query string

$response = $this->call('GET','abc?foo=bar');

I'm unable to get PHPUnit to transmit foo as a request variable. Any thoughts? Am I missing something?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2782

Answers (2)

Bradley
Bradley

Reputation: 306

thx, @dov-benyomin-sohacheski. the call() method seemed to be limited in the manner in which it renders the url response. i believe it's a php cli command and not transmitting over the wire. even when using an associative array i could not get it to recognize query parameters. post data was no problem, but i needed to emulate GET calls.

the solution for me proved to be using Guzzle as a http client. they have a query string parameters spec.

i'm new to testing so learning a lot quickly...feel free to correct me if i missed something.

Upvotes: 0

Dov Benyomin Sohacheski
Dov Benyomin Sohacheski

Reputation: 7732

Your issue is not a PHPUnit issue, it is a Laravel one.

The call() method has the following signature:

call($method, $uri, $parameters = [], $cookies = [], $files = [], $server = [], $content = null);

You should send the query string as an associative array.

If you want to directly test a controller, you should use the action() method, which has the following signature:

action($method, $action, $wildcards = [], $parameters = [], $cookies = [], $files = [], $server = [], $content = null)

Upvotes: 4

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