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composer require --dev codeception/module-laravel

Description

This module allows you to run functional tests for Laravel 6.0+ It should not be used for acceptance tests. See the Acceptance tests section below for more details.

Demo project

https://github.com/Codeception/laravel-module-tests

Config

  • cleanup: boolean, default true - all database queries will be run in a transaction, which will be rolled back at the end of each test.
  • run_database_migrations: boolean, default false - run database migrations before each test.
  • database_migrations_path: string, default null - path to the database migrations, relative to the root of the application.
  • run_database_seeder: boolean, default false - run database seeder before each test.
  • database_seeder_class: string, default `` - database seeder class name.
  • environment_file: string, default .env - the environment file to load for the tests.
  • bootstrap: string, default bootstrap/app.php - relative path to app.php config file.
  • root: string, default `` - root path of the application.
  • packages: string, default workbench - root path of application packages (if any).
  • vendor_dir: string, default vendor - optional relative path to vendor directory.
  • disable_exception_handling: boolean, default true - disable Laravel exception handling.
  • disable_middleware: boolean, default false - disable all middleware.
  • disable_events: boolean, default false - disable events (does not disable model events).
  • disable_model_events: boolean, default false - disable model events.
  • url: string, default `` - the application URL.
  • headers: array<string, string> - default headers are set before each test.

Example #1 (functional.suite.yml)

Enabling module:

yml
modules:
    enabled:
        - Laravel

Example #2 (functional.suite.yml)

Enabling module with custom .env file

yml
modules:
    enabled:
        - Laravel:
            environment_file: .env.testing

API

  • app - Illuminate\Foundation\Application
  • config - array

Parts

  • ORM: Only include the database methods of this module:
    • dontSeeRecord
    • grabNumRecords
    • grabRecord
    • have
    • haveMultiple
    • haveRecord
    • make
    • makeMultiple
    • seedDatabase
    • seeNumRecords
    • seeRecord

See WebDriver module for general information on how to load parts of a framework module.

Acceptance tests

You should not use this module for acceptance tests. If you want to use Eloquent within your acceptance tests (paired with WebDriver) enable only ORM part of this module:

Example (acceptance.suite.yml)

modules:
    enabled:
        - WebDriver:
            browser: chrome
            url: http://127.0.0.1:8000
        - Laravel:
            part: ORM
            environment_file: .env.testing

Actions

_findElements

hidden API method, expected to be used from Helper classes

  • api
  • param mixed $locator
  • return iterable

Locates element using available Codeception locator types:

  • XPath
  • CSS
  • Strict Locator

Use it in Helpers or GroupObject or Extension classes:

<?php
$els = $this->getModule('Laravel')->_findElements('.items');
$els = $this->getModule('Laravel')->_findElements(['name' => 'username']);

$editLinks = $this->getModule('Laravel')->_findElements(['link' => 'Edit']);
// now you can iterate over $editLinks and check that all them have valid hrefs

WebDriver module returns Facebook\WebDriver\Remote\RemoteWebElement instances PhpBrowser and Framework modules return Symfony\Component\DomCrawler\Crawler instances

_getResponseContent

hidden API method, expected to be used from Helper classes

  • api
  • throws ModuleException
  • return string

Returns content of the last response Use it in Helpers when you want to retrieve response of request performed by another module.

<?php
// in Helper class
public function seeResponseContains($text)
{
   $this->assertStringContainsString($text, $this->getModule('Laravel')->_getResponseContent(), "response contains");
}

_loadPage

hidden API method, expected to be used from Helper classes

  • api
  • param string $method
  • param string $uri
  • param array $parameters
  • param array $files
  • param array $server
  • param ?string $content
  • return void

Opens a page with arbitrary request parameters.

Useful for testing multi-step forms on a specific step.

<?php
// in Helper class
public function openCheckoutFormStep2($orderId) {
    $this->getModule('Laravel')->_loadPage('POST', '/checkout/step2', ['order' => $orderId]);
}

_request

hidden API method, expected to be used from Helper classes

  • api
  • see _loadPage
  • param string $method
  • param string $uri
  • param array $parameters
  • param array $files
  • param array $server
  • param ?string $content
  • throws ExternalUrlException|ModuleException
  • return ?string

Send custom request to a backend using method, uri, parameters, etc.

Use it in Helpers to create special request actions, like accessing API Returns a string with response body.

<?php
// in Helper class
public function createUserByApi($name) {
    $userData = $this->getModule('Laravel')->_request('POST', '/api/v1/users', ['name' => $name]);
    $user = json_decode($userData);
    return $user->id;
}

Does not load the response into the module so you can’t interact with response page (click, fill forms). To load arbitrary page for interaction, use _loadPage method.

_savePageSource

hidden API method, expected to be used from Helper classes

  • api
  • param string $filename
  • return void

Saves page source of to a file

$this->getModule('Laravel')->_savePageSource(codecept_output_dir().'page.html');

amActingAs

  • param \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable $user
  • param ?string $guardName
  • return void

Set the given user object to the current or specified Guard.

<?php
$I->amActingAs($user);

amHttpAuthenticated

  • param string $username
  • param string $password
  • return void

Authenticates user for HTTP_AUTH

amLoggedAs

  • param Authenticatable|array $user
  • param string|null $guardName
  • return void

Set the currently logged in user for the application.

Unlike ‘amActingAs’, this method does update the session, fire the login events and remember the user as it assigns the corresponding Cookie.

<?php
// provide array of credentials
$I->amLoggedAs(['username' => '[email protected]', 'password' => 'password']);

// provide User object that implements the User interface
$I->amLoggedAs( new User );

// can be verified with $I->seeAuthentication();

amOnAction

  • param string $action
  • param mixed $parameters
  • return void

Opens web page by action name

<?php
// Laravel 6 or 7:
$I->amOnAction('PostsController@index');

// Laravel 8+:
$I->amOnAction(PostsController::class . '@index');

amOnPage

  • param string $page
  • return void

Opens the page for the given relative URI.

<?php
// opens front page
$I->amOnPage('/');
// opens /register page
$I->amOnPage('/register');

amOnRoute

  • param string $routeName
  • param mixed $params
  • return void

Opens web page using route name and parameters.

<?php
$I->amOnRoute('posts.create');

assertAuthenticatedAs

  • param \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable $user
  • param ?string $guardName
  • return void

Assert that the user is authenticated as the given user.

<?php
$I->assertAuthenticatedAs($user);

assertCredentials

  • param array $credentials
  • param ?string $guardName
  • return void

Assert that the given credentials are valid.

<?php
$I->assertCredentials([
    'email' => '[email protected]',
    'password' => '123456'
]);

assertInvalidCredentials

  • param array $credentials
  • param ?string $guardName
  • return void

Assert that the given credentials are invalid.

<?php
$I->assertInvalidCredentials([
    'email' => '[email protected]',
    'password' => 'wrong_password'
]);

attachFile

  • param $field
  • param string $filename
  • return void

Attaches a file relative to the Codeception _data directory to the given file upload field.

<?php
// file is stored in 'tests/_data/prices.xls'
$I->attachFile('input[@type="file"]', 'prices.xls');

callArtisan

  • param string $command
  • param array $parameters
  • param ?\Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface $output
  • return string|void

Call an Artisan command.

<?php
$I->callArtisan('command:name');
$I->callArtisan('command:name', ['parameter' => 'value']);

Use 3rd parameter to pass in custom OutputInterface

checkOption

  • param $option
  • return void

Ticks a checkbox. For radio buttons, use the selectOption method instead.

<?php
$I->checkOption('#agree');

clearApplicationHandlers

  • return void

Clear the registered application handlers.

<?php
$I->clearApplicationHandlers();

click

  • param string|array $link
  • param $context
  • return void

Perform a click on a link or a button, given by a locator.

If a fuzzy locator is given, the page will be searched for a button, link, or image matching the locator string. For buttons, the “value” attribute, “name” attribute, and inner text are searched. For links, the link text is searched. For images, the “alt” attribute and inner text of any parent links are searched.

The second parameter is a context (CSS or XPath locator) to narrow the search.

Note that if the locator matches a button of type submit, the form will be submitted.

<?php
// simple link
$I->click('Logout');
// button of form
$I->click('Submit');
// CSS button
$I->click('#form input[type=submit]');
// XPath
$I->click('//form/*[@type="submit"]');
// link in context
$I->click('Logout', '#nav');
// using strict locator
$I->click(['link' => 'Login']);

deleteHeader

@deprecated

  • param string $name
  • return void

disableEvents

  • return void

Disable events for the next requests.

This method does not disable model events. To disable model events you have to use the disableModelEvents() method.

<?php
$I->disableEvents();

disableExceptionHandling

  • return void

Disable Laravel exception handling.

<?php
$I->disableExceptionHandling();

disableMiddleware

  • param string|array|null $middleware
  • return void

Disable middleware for the next requests.

<?php
$I->disableMiddleware();

disableModelEvents

  • return void

Disable model events for the next requests.

<?php
$I->disableModelEvents();

dontSee

  • param string $text
  • param array|string $selector optional
  • return void

Checks that the current page doesn’t contain the text specified (case insensitive).

Give a locator as the second parameter to match a specific region.

<?php
$I->dontSee('Login');                         // I can suppose user is already logged in
$I->dontSee('Sign Up','h1');                  // I can suppose it's not a signup page
$I->dontSee('Sign Up','//body/h1');           // with XPath
$I->dontSee('Sign Up', ['css' => 'body h1']); // with strict CSS locator

Note that the search is done after stripping all HTML tags from the body, so $I->dontSee('strong') will fail on strings like:

  • <p>I am Stronger than thou</p>
  • <script>document.createElement('strong');</script>

But will ignore strings like:

  • <strong>Home</strong>
  • <div class="strong">Home</strong>
  • <!-- strong -->

For checking the raw source code, use seeInSource().

dontSeeAuthentication

  • param ?string $guardName
  • return void

Check that user is not authenticated.

<?php
$I->dontSeeAuthentication();

dontSeeCheckboxIsChecked

  • param $checkbox
  • return void

Check that the specified checkbox is unchecked.

<?php
$I->dontSeeCheckboxIsChecked('#agree'); // I suppose user didn't agree to terms
$I->seeCheckboxIsChecked('#signup_form input[type=checkbox]'); // I suppose user didn't check the first checkbox in form.

dontSeeCookie

  • param $cookie
  • param $params
  • return mixed|void

Checks that there isn’t a cookie with the given name.

You can set additional cookie params like domain, path as array passed in last argument.

dontSeeCurrentUrlEquals

  • param string $uri
  • return void

Checks that the current URL doesn’t equal the given string.

Unlike dontSeeInCurrentUrl, this only matches the full URL.

<?php
// current url is not root
$I->dontSeeCurrentUrlEquals('/');

dontSeeCurrentUrlMatches

  • param string $uri
  • return void

Checks that current url doesn’t match the given regular expression.

<?php
// to match root url
$I->dontSeeCurrentUrlMatches('~^/users/(\d+)~');

dontSeeElement

  • param $selector
  • param array $attributes
  • return void

Checks that the given element is invisible or not present on the page.

You can also specify expected attributes of this element.

<?php
$I->dontSeeElement('.error');
$I->dontSeeElement('//form/input[1]');
$I->dontSeeElement('input', ['name' => 'login']);
$I->dontSeeElement('input', ['value' => '123456']);

dontSeeEventTriggered

  • param string|object|string[] $expected
  • return void

Make sure events did not fire during the test.

<?php
$I->dontSeeEventTriggered('App\MyEvent');
$I->dontSeeEventTriggered(new App\Events\MyEvent());
$I->dontSeeEventTriggered(['App\MyEvent', 'App\MyOtherEvent']);

dontSeeFormErrors

  • return void

Assert that there are no form errors bound to the View.

<?php
$I->dontSeeFormErrors();

dontSeeInCurrentUrl

  • param string $uri
  • return void

Checks that the current URI doesn’t contain the given string.

<?php
$I->dontSeeInCurrentUrl('/users/');

dontSeeInField

  • param string|array $field
  • param $value
  • return void

Checks that an input field or textarea doesn’t contain the given value.

For fuzzy locators, the field is matched by label text, CSS and XPath.

<?php
$I->dontSeeInField('Body','Type your comment here');
$I->dontSeeInField('form textarea[name=body]','Type your comment here');
$I->dontSeeInField('form input[type=hidden]','hidden_value');
$I->dontSeeInField('#searchform input','Search');
$I->dontSeeInField('//form/*[@name=search]','Search');
$I->dontSeeInField(['name' => 'search'], 'Search');

dontSeeInFormFields

  • param $formSelector
  • param array $params
  • return void

Checks if the array of form parameters (name => value) are not set on the form matched with the passed selector.

<?php
$I->dontSeeInFormFields('form[name=myform]', [
     'input1' => 'non-existent value',
     'input2' => 'other non-existent value',
]);

To check that an element hasn’t been assigned any one of many values, an array can be passed as the value:

<?php
$I->dontSeeInFormFields('.form-class', [
     'fieldName' => [
         'This value shouldn\'t be set',
         'And this value shouldn\'t be set',
     ],
]);

Additionally, checkbox values can be checked with a boolean.

<?php
$I->dontSeeInFormFields('#form-id', [
     'checkbox1' => true,        // fails if checked
     'checkbox2' => false,       // fails if unchecked
]);

dontSeeInSession

  • param string|array $key
  • param mixed|null $value
  • return void

Assert that a session attribute does not exist, or is not equal to the passed value.

<?php
$I->dontSeeInSession('attribute');
$I->dontSeeInSession('attribute', 'value');

dontSeeInSource

  • param string $raw
  • return void

Checks that the current page contains the given string in its raw source code.

<?php
$I->dontSeeInSource('<h1>Green eggs &amp; ham</h1>');

dontSeeInTitle

  • param $title
  • return mixed|void

Checks that the page title does not contain the given string.

  • param string $text
  • param string $url
  • return void

Checks that the page doesn’t contain a link with the given string.

If the second parameter is given, only links with a matching “href” attribute will be checked.

<?php
$I->dontSeeLink('Logout'); // I suppose user is not logged in
$I->dontSeeLink('Checkout now', '/store/cart.php');

dontSeeOptionIsSelected

  • param $selector
  • param $optionText
  • return mixed|void

Checks that the given option is not selected.

<?php
$I->dontSeeOptionIsSelected('#form input[name=payment]', 'Visa');

dontSeeRecord

  • part orm
  • param string|class-string|object $table
  • param array $attributes
  • return void

Checks that record does not exist in database.

You can pass the name of a database table or the class name of an Eloquent model as the first argument.

<?php
$I->dontSeeRecord($user);
$I->dontSeeRecord('users', ['name' => 'Davert']);
$I->dontSeeRecord('App\Models\User', ['name' => 'Davert']);

dontSeeResponseCodeIs

  • param int $code
  • return void

Checks that response code is equal to value provided.

<?php
$I->dontSeeResponseCodeIs(200);

// recommended \Codeception\Util\HttpCode
$I->dontSeeResponseCodeIs(\Codeception\Util\HttpCode::OK);

dontSeeSessionHasValues

  • param array $bindings
  • return void

Assert that the session does not have a particular list of values.

<?php
$I->dontSeeSessionHasValues(['key1', 'key2']);
$I->dontSeeSessionHasValues(['key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2']);

enableExceptionHandling

  • return void

Enable Laravel exception handling.

<?php
$I->enableExceptionHandling();

enableMiddleware

  • param string|array|null $middleware
  • return void

Enable the given middleware for the next requests.

<?php
$I->enableMiddleware();

fillField

  • param $field
  • param $value
  • return void

Fills a text field or textarea with the given string.

<?php
$I->fillField("//input[@type='text']", "Hello World!");
$I->fillField(['name' => 'email'], '[email protected]');

flushSession

  • return void

Flush all of the current session data.

<?php
$I->flushSession();

followRedirect

  • return void

Follow pending redirect if there is one.

<?php
$I->followRedirect();

getApplication

  • return \Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application

Provides access the Laravel application object.

<?php
$app = $I->getApplication();

grabAttributeFrom

  • param $cssOrXpath
  • param string $attribute
  • return mixed

Returns the value of the given attribute value from the given HTML element. For some attributes, the string true is returned instead of their literal value (e.g. disabled="disabled" or required="required").

Fails if the element is not found. Returns null if the attribute is not present on the element.

<?php
$I->grabAttributeFrom('#tooltip', 'title');

grabCookie

  • param string $cookie
  • param array $params
  • return mixed

Grabs a cookie value.

You can set additional cookie params like domain, path in array passed as last argument. If the cookie is set by an ajax request (XMLHttpRequest), there might be some delay caused by the browser, so try $I->wait(0.1).

grabFromCurrentUrl

  • param ?string $uri
  • return mixed

Executes the given regular expression against the current URI and returns the first capturing group.

If no parameters are provided, the full URI is returned.

<?php
$user_id = $I->grabFromCurrentUrl('~^/user/(\d+)/~');
$uri = $I->grabFromCurrentUrl();

grabMultiple

  • param $cssOrXpath
  • param ?string $attribute
  • return string[]

Grabs either the text content, or attribute values, of nodes matched by $cssOrXpath and returns them as an array.

<a href="#first">First</a>
<a href="#second">Second</a>
<a href="#third">Third</a>
<?php
// would return ['First', 'Second', 'Third']
$aLinkText = $I->grabMultiple('a');

// would return ['#first', '#second', '#third']
$aLinks = $I->grabMultiple('a', 'href');

grabNumRecords

  • part orm
  • param string $table
  • param array $attributes
  • return int

Retrieves number of records from database You can pass the name of a database table or the class name of an Eloquent model as the first argument.

<?php
$I->grabNumRecords('users', ['name' => 'Davert']);
$I->grabNumRecords('App\Models\User', ['name' => 'Davert']);

grabPageSource

  • throws \Codeception\Exception\ModuleException if no page was opened.
  • return string Current page source code.

Grabs current page source code.

grabRecord

  • part orm
  • param string $table
  • param array $attributes
  • return array|EloquentModel

Retrieves record from database If you pass the name of a database table as the first argument, this method returns an array.

You can also pass the class name of an Eloquent model, in that case this method returns an Eloquent model.

<?php
$record = $I->grabRecord('users', ['name' => 'Davert']); // returns array
$record = $I->grabRecord('App\Models\User', ['name' => 'Davert']); // returns Eloquent model

grabService

  • param string $class
  • return mixed

Return an instance of a class from the Laravel service container.

(https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/container)

<?php
// In Laravel
App::bind('foo', function($app) {
    return new FooBar;
});

// Then in test
$service = $I->grabService('foo');

// Will return an instance of FooBar, also works for singletons.

grabTextFrom

  • param $cssOrXPathOrRegex
  • return mixed

Finds and returns the text contents of the given element.

If a fuzzy locator is used, the element is found using CSS, XPath, and by matching the full page source by regular expression.

<?php
$heading = $I->grabTextFrom('h1');
$heading = $I->grabTextFrom('descendant-or-self::h1');
$value = $I->grabTextFrom('~<input value=(.*?)]~sgi'); // match with a regex

grabValueFrom

  • param $field
  • return mixed

Finds the value for the given form field.

If a fuzzy locator is used, the field is found by field name, CSS, and XPath.

<?php
$name = $I->grabValueFrom('Name');
$name = $I->grabValueFrom('input[name=username]');
$name = $I->grabValueFrom('descendant-or-self::form/descendant::input[@name = 'username']');
$name = $I->grabValueFrom(['name' => 'username']);

have

  • part orm
  • see https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/database-testing#using-factories
  • param string $model
  • param array $attributes
  • param string $name
  • return mixed

Use Laravel model factory to create a model.

<?php
$I->have('App\Models\User');
$I->have('App\Models\User', ['name' => 'John Doe']);
$I->have('App\Models\User', [], 'admin');

haveApplicationHandler

  • param callable $handler
  • return void

Register a handler than can be used to modify the Laravel application object after it is initialized.

The Laravel application object will be passed as an argument to the handler.

<?php
$I->haveApplicationHandler(function($app) {
    $app->make('config')->set(['test_value' => '10']);
});

haveBinding

  • param string $abstract
  • param Closure|string|null $concrete
  • param bool $shared
  • return void

Add a binding to the Laravel service container.

(https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/container)

<?php
$I->haveBinding('My\Interface', 'My\Implementation');

haveContextualBinding

  • param string $concrete
  • param string $abstract
  • param Closure|string $implementation
  • return void

Add a contextual binding to the Laravel service container.

(https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/container)

<?php
$I->haveContextualBinding('My\Class', '$variable', 'value');

// This is similar to the following in your Laravel application
$app->when('My\Class')
    ->needs('$variable')
    ->give('value');

haveHttpHeader

  • param string $name the name of the request header
  • param string $value the value to set it to for subsequent requests
  • return void

Sets the HTTP header to the passed value - which is used on subsequent HTTP requests through PhpBrowser.

Example:

<?php
$I->haveHttpHeader('X-Requested-With', 'Codeception');
$I->amOnPage('test-headers.php');

To use special chars in Header Key use HTML Character Entities: Example: Header with underscore - ‘Client_Id’ should be represented as - ‘Client_Id’ or ‘Client_Id’

<?php
$I->haveHttpHeader('Client&#95;Id', 'Codeception');

haveInSession

  • param array $data
  • return void

Set the session to the given array.

<?php
$I->haveInSession(['myKey' => 'MyValue']);

haveInstance

  • param string $abstract
  • param object $instance
  • return void

Add an instance binding to the Laravel service container.

(https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/container)

<?php
$I->haveInstance('App\MyClass', new App\MyClass());

haveMultiple

  • part orm
  • see https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/database-testing#using-factories
  • param string $model
  • param int $times
  • param array $attributes
  • param string $name
  • return EloquentModel|EloquentCollection

Use Laravel model factory to create multiple models.

<?php
$I->haveMultiple('App\Models\User', 10);
$I->haveMultiple('App\Models\User', 10, ['name' => 'John Doe']);
$I->haveMultiple('App\Models\User', 10, [], 'admin');

haveRecord

  • part orm
  • param string $table
  • param array $attributes
  • throws RuntimeException
  • return EloquentModel|int

Inserts record into the database.

If you pass the name of a database table as the first argument, this method returns an integer ID. You can also pass the class name of an Eloquent model, in that case this method returns an Eloquent model.

<?php
$user_id = $I->haveRecord('users', ['name' => 'Davert']); // returns integer
$user = $I->haveRecord('App\Models\User', ['name' => 'Davert']); // returns Eloquent model

haveServerParameter

  • param string $name
  • param string $value
  • return void

Sets SERVER parameter valid for all next requests.

$I->haveServerParameter('name', 'value');

haveSingleton

  • param string $abstract
  • param Closure|string|null $concrete
  • return void

Add a singleton binding to the Laravel service container.

(https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/container)

<?php
$I->haveSingleton('App\MyInterface', 'App\MySingleton');

logout

  • return void

Logout user.

<?php
$I->logout();

make

  • part orm
  • see https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/database-testing#using-factories
  • param string $model
  • param array $attributes
  • param string $name
  • return EloquentCollection|EloquentModel

Use Laravel model factory to make a model instance.

<?php
$I->make('App\Models\User');
$I->make('App\Models\User', ['name' => 'John Doe']);
$I->make('App\Models\User', [], 'admin');

makeHtmlSnapshot

  • param ?string $name
  • return void

Use this method within an interactive pause to save the HTML source code of the current page.

<?php
$I->makeHtmlSnapshot('edit_page');
// saved to: tests/_output/debug/edit_page.html
$I->makeHtmlSnapshot();
// saved to: tests/_output/debug/2017-05-26_14-24-11_4b3403665fea6.html

makeMultiple

  • part orm
  • see https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/database-testing#using-factories
  • param string $model
  • param int $times
  • param array $attributes
  • param string $name
  • return EloquentCollection|EloquentModel

Use Laravel model factory to make multiple model instances.

<?php
$I->makeMultiple('App\Models\User', 10);
$I->makeMultiple('App\Models\User', 10, ['name' => 'John Doe']);
$I->makeMultiple('App\Models\User', 10, [], 'admin');

moveBack

  • param int $numberOfSteps (default value 1)
  • return void

Moves back in history.

resetCookie

  • param $cookie
  • param $params
  • return mixed|void

Unsets cookie with the given name.

You can set additional cookie params like domain, path in array passed as last argument.

see

  • param string $text
  • param array|string $selector optional
  • return void

Checks that the current page contains the given string (case insensitive).

You can specify a specific HTML element (via CSS or XPath) as the second parameter to only search within that element.

<?php
$I->see('Logout');                        // I can suppose user is logged in
$I->see('Sign Up', 'h1');                 // I can suppose it's a signup page
$I->see('Sign Up', '//body/h1');          // with XPath
$I->see('Sign Up', ['css' => 'body h1']); // with strict CSS locator

Note that the search is done after stripping all HTML tags from the body, so $I->see('strong') will return true for strings like:

  • <p>I am Stronger than thou</p>
  • <script>document.createElement('strong');</script>

But will not be true for strings like:

  • <strong>Home</strong>
  • <div class="strong">Home</strong>
  • <!-- strong -->

For checking the raw source code, use seeInSource().

seeAuthentication

  • param ?string $guardName
  • return void

Checks that a user is authenticated.

<?php
$I->seeAuthentication();

seeCheckboxIsChecked

  • param $checkbox
  • return void

Checks that the specified checkbox is checked.

<?php
$I->seeCheckboxIsChecked('#agree'); // I suppose user agreed to terms
$I->seeCheckboxIsChecked('#signup_form input[type=checkbox]'); // I suppose user agreed to terms, If there is only one checkbox in form.
$I->seeCheckboxIsChecked('//form/input[@type=checkbox and @name=agree]');

seeCookie

  • param $cookie
  • param $params
  • return mixed|void

Checks that a cookie with the given name is set.

You can set additional cookie params like domain, path as array passed in last argument.

<?php
$I->seeCookie('PHPSESSID');

seeCurrentActionIs

  • param string $action
  • return void

Checks that current url matches action

<?php
// Laravel 6 or 7:
$I->seeCurrentActionIs('PostsController@index');

// Laravel 8+:
$I->seeCurrentActionIs(PostsController::class . '@index');

seeCurrentRouteIs

  • param string $routeName
  • return void

Checks that current url matches route

<?php
$I->seeCurrentRouteIs('posts.index');

seeCurrentUrlEquals

  • param string $uri
  • return void

Checks that the current URL is equal to the given string.

Unlike seeInCurrentUrl, this only matches the full URL.

<?php
// to match root url
$I->seeCurrentUrlEquals('/');

seeCurrentUrlMatches

  • param string $uri
  • return void

Checks that the current URL matches the given regular expression.

<?php
// to match root url
$I->seeCurrentUrlMatches('~^/users/(\d+)~');

seeElement

  • param $selector
  • param array $attributes
  • return void

Checks that the given element exists on the page and is visible.

You can also specify expected attributes of this element. Only works if <html> tag is present.

<?php
$I->seeElement('.error');
$I->seeElement('//form/input[1]');
$I->seeElement('input', ['name' => 'login']);
$I->seeElement('input', ['value' => '123456']);

// strict locator in first arg, attributes in second
$I->seeElement(['css' => 'form input'], ['name' => 'login']);

seeEventTriggered

  • param string|object|string[] $expected
  • return void

Make sure events fired during the test.

<?php
$I->seeEventTriggered('App\MyEvent');
$I->seeEventTriggered(new App\Events\MyEvent());
$I->seeEventTriggered(['App\MyEvent', 'App\MyOtherEvent']);

seeFormErrorMessage

  • param string $field
  • param ?string $errorMessage
  • return void

Assert that a specific form error message is set in the view.

If you want to assert that there is a form error message for a specific key but don’t care about the actual error message you can omit $expectedErrorMessage.

If you do pass $expectedErrorMessage, this method checks if the actual error message for a key contains $expectedErrorMessage.

<?php
$I->seeFormErrorMessage('username');
$I->seeFormErrorMessage('username', 'Invalid Username');

seeFormErrorMessages

  • param array $expectedErrors
  • return void

Verifies that multiple fields on a form have errors.

This method will validate that the expected error message is contained in the actual error message, that is, you can specify either the entire error message or just a part of it:

<?php
$I->seeFormErrorMessages([
    'address'   => 'The address is too long',
    'telephone' => 'too short' // the full error message is 'The telephone is too short'
]);

If you don’t want to specify the error message for some fields, you can pass null as value instead of the message string. If that is the case, it will be validated that that field has at least one error of any type:

<?php
$I->seeFormErrorMessages([
    'telephone' => 'too short',
    'address'   => null
]);

seeFormHasErrors

  • return void

Assert that form errors are bound to the View.

<?php
$I->seeFormHasErrors();

seeInCurrentUrl

  • param string $uri
  • return void

Checks that current URI contains the given string.

<?php
// to match: /home/dashboard
$I->seeInCurrentUrl('home');
// to match: /users/1
$I->seeInCurrentUrl('/users/');

seeInField

  • param string|array $field
  • param $value
  • return void

Checks that the given input field or textarea equals (i.e. not just contains) the given value.

Fields are matched by label text, the “name” attribute, CSS, or XPath.

<?php
$I->seeInField('Body','Type your comment here');
$I->seeInField('form textarea[name=body]','Type your comment here');
$I->seeInField('form input[type=hidden]','hidden_value');
$I->seeInField('#searchform input','Search');
$I->seeInField('//form/*[@name=search]','Search');
$I->seeInField(['name' => 'search'], 'Search');

seeInFormFields

  • param $formSelector
  • param array $params
  • return void

Checks if the array of form parameters (name => value) are set on the form matched with the passed selector.

<?php
$I->seeInFormFields('form[name=myform]', [
     'input1' => 'value',
     'input2' => 'other value',
]);

For multi-select elements, or to check values of multiple elements with the same name, an array may be passed:

<?php
$I->seeInFormFields('.form-class', [
     'multiselect' => [
         'value1',
         'value2',
     ],
     'checkbox[]' => [
         'a checked value',
         'another checked value',
     ],
]);

Additionally, checkbox values can be checked with a boolean.

<?php
$I->seeInFormFields('#form-id', [
     'checkbox1' => true,        // passes if checked
     'checkbox2' => false,       // passes if unchecked
]);

Pair this with submitForm for quick testing magic.

<?php
$form = [
     'field1' => 'value',
     'field2' => 'another value',
     'checkbox1' => true,
     // ...
];
$I->submitForm('//form[@id=my-form]', string $form, 'submitButton');
// $I->amOnPage('/path/to/form-page') may be needed
$I->seeInFormFields('//form[@id=my-form]', string $form);

seeInSession

  • param string|array $key
  • param mixed|null $value
  • return void

Assert that a session variable exists.

<?php
$I->seeInSession('key');
$I->seeInSession('key', 'value');

seeInSource

  • param string $raw
  • return void

Checks that the current page contains the given string in its raw source code.

<?php
$I->seeInSource('<h1>Green eggs &amp; ham</h1>');

seeInTitle

  • param $title
  • return mixed|void

Checks that the page title contains the given string.

<?php
$I->seeInTitle('Blog - Post #1');
  • param string $text
  • param ?string $url
  • return void

Checks that there’s a link with the specified text.

Give a full URL as the second parameter to match links with that exact URL.

<?php
$I->seeLink('Logout'); // matches <a href="#">Logout</a>
$I->seeLink('Logout','/logout'); // matches <a href="/logout">Logout</a>

seeNumRecords

  • part orm
  • param int $expectedNum
  • param string $table
  • param array $attributes
  • return void

Checks that number of given records were found in database.

You can pass the name of a database table or the class name of an Eloquent model as the first argument.

<?php
$I->seeNumRecords(1, 'users', ['name' => 'Davert']);
$I->seeNumRecords(1, 'App\Models\User', ['name' => 'Davert']);

seeNumberOfElements

  • param $selector
  • param int|int[] $expected
  • return void

Checks that there are a certain number of elements matched by the given locator on the page.

<?php
$I->seeNumberOfElements('tr', 10);
$I->seeNumberOfElements('tr', [0,10]); // between 0 and 10 elements

seeOptionIsSelected

  • param $selector
  • param $optionText
  • return mixed|void

Checks that the given option is selected.

<?php
$I->seeOptionIsSelected('#form input[name=payment]', 'Visa');

seePageNotFound

  • return void

Asserts that current page has 404 response status code.

seeRecord

  • part orm
  • param string|class-string|object $table
  • param array $attributes
  • return void

Checks that record exists in database.

You can pass the name of a database table or the class name of an Eloquent model as the first argument.

<?php
$I->seeRecord($user);
$I->seeRecord('users', ['name' => 'Davert']);
$I->seeRecord('App\Models\User', ['name' => 'Davert']);

seeResponseCodeIs

  • param int $code
  • return void

Checks that response code is equal to value provided.

<?php
$I->seeResponseCodeIs(200);

// recommended \Codeception\Util\HttpCode
$I->seeResponseCodeIs(\Codeception\Util\HttpCode::OK);

seeResponseCodeIsBetween

  • param int $from
  • param int $to
  • return void

Checks that response code is between a certain range. Between actually means [from <= CODE <= to]

seeResponseCodeIsClientError

  • return void

Checks that the response code is 4xx

seeResponseCodeIsRedirection

  • return void

Checks that the response code 3xx

seeResponseCodeIsServerError

  • return void

Checks that the response code is 5xx

seeResponseCodeIsSuccessful

  • return void

Checks that the response code 2xx

seeSessionHasValues

  • param array $bindings
  • return void

Assert that the session has a given list of values.

<?php
$I->seeSessionHasValues(['key1', 'key2']);
$I->seeSessionHasValues(['key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2']);

seedDatabase

  • param class-string|class-string[] $seeders
  • return void

Seed a given database connection.

selectOption

  • param $select
  • param $option
  • return void

Selects an option in a select tag or in radio button group.

<?php
$I->selectOption('form select[name=account]', 'Premium');
$I->selectOption('form input[name=payment]', 'Monthly');
$I->selectOption('//form/select[@name=account]', 'Monthly');

Provide an array for the second argument to select multiple options:

<?php
$I->selectOption('Which OS do you use?', ['Windows', 'Linux']);

Or provide an associative array for the second argument to specifically define which selection method should be used:

<?php
$I->selectOption('Which OS do you use?', ['text' => 'Windows']); // Only search by text 'Windows'
$I->selectOption('Which OS do you use?', ['value' => 'windows']); // Only search by value 'windows'

sendAjaxGetRequest

  • param string $uri
  • param array $params
  • return void

Sends an ajax GET request with the passed parameters.

See sendAjaxPostRequest()

sendAjaxPostRequest

  • param string $uri
  • param array $params
  • return void

Sends an ajax POST request with the passed parameters.

The appropriate HTTP header is added automatically: X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest Example:

<?php
$I->sendAjaxPostRequest('/add-task', ['task' => 'lorem ipsum']);

Some frameworks (e.g. Symfony) create field names in the form of an “array”: <input type="text" name="form[task]"> In this case you need to pass the fields like this:

<?php
$I->sendAjaxPostRequest('/add-task', ['form' => [
    'task' => 'lorem ipsum',
    'category' => 'miscellaneous',
]]);

sendAjaxRequest

  • param string $method
  • param string $uri
  • param array $params
  • return void

Sends an ajax request, using the passed HTTP method.

See sendAjaxPostRequest() Example:

<?php
$I->sendAjaxRequest('PUT', '/posts/7', ['title' => 'new title']);

setApplication

  • param \Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application $app
  • return void

setCookie

  • param $name
  • param $val
  • param $params
  • return mixed|void

Sets a cookie with the given name and value.

You can set additional cookie params like domain, path, expires, secure in array passed as last argument.

<?php
$I->setCookie('PHPSESSID', 'el4ukv0kqbvoirg7nkp4dncpk3');

setMaxRedirects

  • param int $maxRedirects
  • return void

Sets the maximum number of redirects that the Client can follow.

<?php
$I->setMaxRedirects(2);

setServerParameters

  • param array $params
  • return void

Sets SERVER parameters valid for all next requests.

this will remove old ones.

$I->setServerParameters([]);

startFollowingRedirects

  • return void

Enables automatic redirects to be followed by the client.

<?php
$I->startFollowingRedirects();

stopFollowingRedirects

  • return void

Prevents automatic redirects to be followed by the client.

<?php
$I->stopFollowingRedirects();

submitForm

  • param $selector
  • param array $params
  • param ?string $button
  • return void

Submits the given form on the page, with the given form values. Pass the form field’s values as an array in the second parameter.

Although this function can be used as a short-hand version of fillField(), selectOption(), click() etc. it has some important differences:

  • Only field names may be used, not CSS/XPath selectors nor field labels
  • If a field is sent to this function that does not exist on the page, it will silently be added to the HTTP request. This is helpful for testing some types of forms, but be aware that you will not get an exception like you would if you called fillField() or selectOption() with a missing field.

Fields that are not provided will be filled by their values from the page, or from any previous calls to fillField(), selectOption() etc. You don’t need to click the ‘Submit’ button afterwards. This command itself triggers the request to form’s action.

You can optionally specify which button’s value to include in the request with the last parameter (as an alternative to explicitly setting its value in the second parameter), as button values are not otherwise included in the request.

Examples:

<?php
$I->submitForm('#login', [
    'login' => 'davert',
    'password' => '123456'
]);
// or
$I->submitForm('#login', [
    'login' => 'davert',
    'password' => '123456'
], 'submitButtonName');

For example, given this sample “Sign Up” form:

<form id="userForm">
    Login:
    <input type="text" name="user[login]" /><br/>
    Password:
    <input type="password" name="user[password]" /><br/>
    Do you agree to our terms?
    <input type="checkbox" name="user[agree]" /><br/>
    Subscribe to our newsletter?
    <input type="checkbox" name="user[newsletter]" value="1" checked="checked" /><br/>
    Select pricing plan:
    <select name="plan">
        <option value="1">Free</option>
        <option value="2" selected="selected">Paid</option>
    </select>
    <input type="submit" name="submitButton" value="Submit" />
</form>

You could write the following to submit it:

<?php
$I->submitForm(
    '#userForm',
    [
        'user' => [
            'login' => 'Davert',
            'password' => '123456',
            'agree' => true
        ]
    ],
    'submitButton'
);

Note that “2” will be the submitted value for the “plan” field, as it is the selected option.

To uncheck the pre-checked checkbox “newsletter”, call $I->uncheckOption(['name' => 'user[newsletter]']); before, then submit the form as shown here (i.e. without the “newsletter” field in the $params array).

You can also emulate a JavaScript submission by not specifying any buttons in the third parameter to submitForm.

<?php
$I->submitForm(
    '#userForm',
    [
        'user' => [
            'login' => 'Davert',
            'password' => '123456',
            'agree' => true
        ]
    ]
);

This function works well when paired with seeInFormFields() for quickly testing CRUD interfaces and form validation logic.

<?php
$form = [
     'field1' => 'value',
     'field2' => 'another value',
     'checkbox1' => true,
     // ...
];
$I->submitForm('#my-form', $form, 'submitButton');
// $I->amOnPage('/path/to/form-page') may be needed
$I->seeInFormFields('#my-form', $form);

Parameter values can be set to arrays for multiple input fields of the same name, or multi-select combo boxes. For checkboxes, you can use either the string value or boolean true/false which will be replaced by the checkbox’s value in the DOM.

<?php
$I->submitForm('#my-form', [
     'field1' => 'value',
     'checkbox' => [
         'value of first checkbox',
         'value of second checkbox',
     ],
     'otherCheckboxes' => [
         true,
         false,
         false
     ],
     'multiselect' => [
         'first option value',
         'second option value'
     ]
]);

Mixing string and boolean values for a checkbox’s value is not supported and may produce unexpected results.

Field names ending in [] must be passed without the trailing square bracket characters, and must contain an array for its value. This allows submitting multiple values with the same name, consider:

<?php
// This will NOT work correctly
$I->submitForm('#my-form', [
    'field[]' => 'value',
    'field[]' => 'another value',  // 'field[]' is already a defined key
]);

The solution is to pass an array value:

<?php
// This way both values are submitted
$I->submitForm('#my-form', [
    'field' => [
        'value',
        'another value',
    ]
]);

switchToIframe

  • param string $name
  • return void

Switch to iframe or frame on the page.

Example:

<iframe name="another_frame" src="http://example.com">
<?php
# switch to iframe
$I->switchToIframe("another_frame");

uncheckOption

  • param $option
  • return void

Unticks a checkbox.

<?php
$I->uncheckOption('#notify');

unsetHttpHeader

  • param string $name the name of the header to unset.
  • return void

Unsets a HTTP header (that was originally added by haveHttpHeader()), so that subsequent requests will not send it anymore.

Example:

<?php
$I->haveHttpHeader('X-Requested-With', 'Codeception');
$I->amOnPage('test-headers.php');
// ...
$I->unsetHeader('X-Requested-With');
$I->amOnPage('some-other-page.php');

 

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