Class IntegrationTestCase

A test case class intended to make integration tests of your controllers easier.

This test class provides a number of helper methods and features that make dispatching requests and checking their responses simpler. It favours full integration tests over mock objects as you can test more of your code easily and avoid some of the maintenance pitfalls that mock objects create.

Abstract
Namespace: Cake\TestSuite

Property Summary

$_configure protected

array

Configure values to restore at end of test.
$_controller protected

Cake\Controller\Controller

The controller used in the last request.
$_cookie protected

array

Cookie data to use in the next request.
$_exception protected

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception

The exception being thrown if the case.
$_layoutName protected

string

The last rendered layout
$_pathRestore protected

array

Path settings to restore at the end of the test.
$_request protected

array

The data used to build the next request.
$_requestSession protected

Cake\Network\Session

The session instance from the last request
$_response protected

Cake\Network\Response

The response for the most recent request.
$_session protected

array

Session data to use in the next request.
$_viewName protected

string

The last rendered view
$autoFixtures public

array

By default, all fixtures attached to this class will be truncated and reloaded after each test. Set this to false to handle manually
$dropTables public

bool

Control table create/drops on each test method.
$fixtureManager public

Cake\TestSuite\Fixture\FixtureManager

The class responsible for managing the creation, loading and removing of fixtures

Method Summary

_assertAttributes() protected

Check the attributes as part of an assertTags() check.
_assertStatus() protected

Helper method for status assertions.
_buildRequest() protected

Creates a request object with the configured options and parameters.
_handleError() protected

Attempts to render an error response for a given exception.
_normalizePath() protected

Normalize a path for comparison.
_sendRequest() protected

Creates and send the request into a Dispatcher instance.
_url() protected

Creates a valid request url and parameter array more like Request::_url()
assertContentType() public

Asserts content type
assertCookie() public

Asserts cookie values
assertHeader() public

Asserts response headers
assertHtml() public

Asserts HTML tags.
assertLayout() public

Asserts that the search string was in the layout name.
assertNoRedirect() public

Asserts that the Location header is not set.
assertNotWithinRange() protected static

Compatibility function to test if a value is not between an acceptable range.
assertPathEquals() protected static

Compatibility function to test paths.
assertRedirect() public

Asserts that the Location header is correct.
assertRedirectContains() public

Asserts that the Location header contains a substring
assertResponseCode() public

Asserts a specific response status code.
assertResponseContains() public

Asserts content exists in the response body.
assertResponseEmpty() public

Assert response content is empty.
assertResponseEquals() public

Asserts content exists in the response body.
assertResponseError() public

Asserts that the response status code is in the 4xx range.
assertResponseFailure() public

Asserts that the response status code is in the 5xx range.
assertResponseNotContains() public

Asserts content does not exist in the response body.
assertResponseNotEmpty() public

Assert response content is not empty.
assertResponseOk() public

Asserts that the response status code is in the 2xx range.
assertResponseSuccess() public

Asserts that the response status code is in the 2xx/3xx range.
assertSession() public

Asserts session contents
assertTags() public deprecated

Asserts HTML tags.
assertTemplate() public

Asserts that the search string was in the template name.
assertTextContains() public

Assert that a string contains another string, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
assertTextEndsNotWith() public

Asserts that a string ends not with a given prefix, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
assertTextEndsWith() public

Asserts that a string ends with a given prefix, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
assertTextEquals() public

Assert text equality, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
assertTextNotContains() public

Assert that a text doesn't contain another text, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
assertTextNotEquals() public

Assert text equality, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
assertTextStartsNotWith() public

Asserts that a string starts not with a given prefix, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
assertTextStartsWith() public

Asserts that a string starts with a given prefix, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
assertWithinRange() protected static

Compatibility function to test if a value is between an acceptable range.
configRequest() public

Configures the data for the next request.
controllerSpy() public

Adds additional event spies to the controller/view event manager.
cookie() public

Sets a request cookie for future requests.
delete() public

Performs a DELETE request using the current request data.
get() public

Performs a GET request using the current request data.
getMockForModel() public

Mock a model, maintain fixtures and table association
loadFixtures() public

Chooses which fixtures to load for a given test
patch() public

Performs a PATCH request using the current request data.
post() public

Performs a POST request using the current request data.
put() public

Performs a PUT request using the current request data.
session() public

Sets session data.
setUp() public

Setup the test case, backup the static object values so they can be restored. Specifically backs up the contents of Configure and paths in App if they have not already been backed up.
skipIf() public

Overrides SimpleTestCase::skipIf to provide a boolean return value
skipUnless() protected

Compatibility function for skipping.
tearDown() public

Clears the state used for requests.
viewVariable() public

Fetches a view variable by name.

Method Detail

_assertAttributes() ¶ protected

_assertAttributes(array $assertions, string $string): string

Check the attributes as part of an assertTags() check.

Parameters

array $assertions: Assertions to run.
string $string: The HTML string to check.

Returns

string

_assertStatus() ¶ protected

_assertStatus(int $min, int $max, string $message): void

Helper method for status assertions.

Parameters

int $min: Min status code.
int $max: Max status code.
string $message: The error message.

Returns

void

_buildRequest() ¶ protected

_buildRequest(string|array $url, string $method, array|null $data): Cake\Network\Request

Creates a request object with the configured options and parameters.

Parameters

string|array $url: The URL
string $method: The HTTP method
array|null $data: The request data.

Returns

Cake\Network\Request

The built request.

_handleError() ¶ protected

_handleError(Exception $exception): void

Attempts to render an error response for a given exception.

This method will attempt to use the configured exception renderer. If that class does not exist, the built-in renderer will be used.

Parameters

Exception $exception: Exception to handle.

Returns

void

Throws

Exception

_normalizePath() ¶ protected

_normalizePath(string $path): string

Normalize a path for comparison.

Parameters

string $path: Path separated by "/" slash.

Returns

string

Normalized path separated by DS.

_sendRequest() ¶ protected

_sendRequest(string|array $url, string $method, array|null $data = []): void

Creates and send the request into a Dispatcher instance.

Receives and stores the response for future inspection.

Parameters

string|array $url: The URL
string $method: The HTTP method
array|null $data optional: The request data.

Returns

void

Throws

Exception

_url() ¶ protected

_url(string|array $url): array

Creates a valid request url and parameter array more like Request::_url()

Parameters

string|array $url: The URL

Returns

array

Qualified URL and the query parameters

assertContentType() ¶ public

assertContentType(string $type, string $message = ''): void

Asserts content type

Parameters

string $type: The content-type to check for.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertCookie() ¶ public

assertCookie(string $expected, string $name, string $message = ''): void

Asserts cookie values

Parameters

string $expected: The expected contents.
string $name: The cookie name.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertHeader() ¶ public

assertHeader(string $header, string $content, string $message = ''): void

Asserts response headers

Parameters

string $header: The header to check
string $content: The content to check for.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertHtml() ¶ public

assertHtml(array $expected, string $string, bool $fullDebug = false): bool

Asserts HTML tags.

Takes an array $expected and generates a regex from it to match the provided $string. Samples for $expected:

Checks for an input tag with a name attribute (contains any non-empty value) and an id attribute that contains 'my-input':

['input' => ['name', 'id' => 'my-input']]

Checks for two p elements with some text in them:

[
  ['p' => true],
  'textA',
  '/p',
  ['p' => true],
  'textB',
  '/p'
]

You can also specify a pattern expression as part of the attribute values, or the tag being defined, if you prepend the value with preg: and enclose it with slashes, like so:

[
  ['input' => ['name', 'id' => 'preg:/FieldName\d+/']],
  'preg:/My\s+field/'
]

Important: This function is very forgiving about whitespace and also accepts any permutation of attribute order. It will also allow whitespace between specified tags.

Parameters

array $expected: An array, see above
string $string: An HTML/XHTML/XML string
bool $fullDebug optional: Whether or not more verbose output should be used.

Returns

bool

assertLayout() ¶ public

assertLayout(string $content, string $message = ''): void

Asserts that the search string was in the layout name.

Parameters

string $content: The content to check for.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertNoRedirect() ¶ public

assertNoRedirect(string $message = ''): void

Asserts that the Location header is not set.

Parameters

string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertNotWithinRange() ¶ protected static

assertNotWithinRange(float $expected, float $result, float $margin, string $message = ''): void

Compatibility function to test if a value is not between an acceptable range.

Parameters

float $expected
float $result
float $margin: the rage of acceptation
string $message optional: the text to display if the assertion is not correct

Returns

void

assertPathEquals() ¶ protected static

assertPathEquals(string $expected, string $result, string $message = ''): void

Compatibility function to test paths.

Parameters

string $expected
string $result
string $message optional: the text to display if the assertion is not correct

Returns

void

assertRedirect() ¶ public

assertRedirect(string|array|null $url = null, string $message = ''): void

Asserts that the Location header is correct.

Parameters

string|array|null $url optional: The URL you expected the client to go to. This can either be a string URL or an array compatible with Router::url(). Use null to simply check for the existence of this header.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertRedirectContains() ¶ public

assertRedirectContains(string $url, string $message = ''): void

Asserts that the Location header contains a substring

Parameters

string $url: The URL you expected the client to go to.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertResponseCode() ¶ public

assertResponseCode(int $code): void

Asserts a specific response status code.

Parameters

int $code: Status code to assert.

Returns

void

assertResponseContains() ¶ public

assertResponseContains(string $content, string $message = ''): void

Asserts content exists in the response body.

Parameters

string $content: The content to check for.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertResponseEmpty() ¶ public

assertResponseEmpty(string $message = ''): void

Assert response content is empty.

Parameters

string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertResponseEquals() ¶ public

assertResponseEquals(mixed $content, string $message = ''): void

Asserts content exists in the response body.

Parameters

mixed $content: The content to check for.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertResponseError() ¶ public

assertResponseError(): void

Asserts that the response status code is in the 4xx range.

Returns

void

assertResponseFailure() ¶ public

assertResponseFailure(): void

Asserts that the response status code is in the 5xx range.

Returns

void

assertResponseNotContains() ¶ public

assertResponseNotContains(string $content, string $message = ''): void

Asserts content does not exist in the response body.

Parameters

string $content: The content to check for.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertResponseNotEmpty() ¶ public

assertResponseNotEmpty(string $message = ''): void

Assert response content is not empty.

Parameters

string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertResponseOk() ¶ public

assertResponseOk(): void

Asserts that the response status code is in the 2xx range.

Returns

void

assertResponseSuccess() ¶ public

assertResponseSuccess(): void

Asserts that the response status code is in the 2xx/3xx range.

Returns

void

assertSession() ¶ public

assertSession(string $expected, string $path, string $message = ''): void

Asserts session contents

Parameters

string $expected: The expected contents.
string $path: The session data path. Uses Hash::get() compatible notation
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertTags() ¶ public

assertTags(string $string, array $expected, bool $fullDebug = false): void

Asserts HTML tags.

Parameters

string $string: An HTML/XHTML/XML string
array $expected: An array, see above
bool $fullDebug optional: Whether or not more verbose output should be used.

Returns

void

assertTemplate() ¶ public

assertTemplate(string $content, string $message = ''): void

Asserts that the search string was in the template name.

Parameters

string $content: The content to check for.
string $message optional: The failure message that will be appended to the generated message.

Returns

void

assertTextContains() ¶ public

assertTextContains(string $needle, string $haystack, string $message = '', bool $ignoreCase = false): void

Assert that a string contains another string, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.

Parameters

string $needle: The string to search for.
string $haystack: The string to search through.
string $message optional: The message to display on failure.
bool $ignoreCase optional: Whether or not the search should be case-sensitive.

Returns

void

assertTextEndsNotWith() ¶ public

assertTextEndsNotWith(string $suffix, string $string, string $message = ''): void

Asserts that a string ends not with a given prefix, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.

Parameters

string $suffix: The suffix to not find.
string $string: The string to search.
string $message optional: The message to use for failure.

Returns

void

assertTextEndsWith() ¶ public

assertTextEndsWith(string $suffix, string $string, string $message = ''): void

Asserts that a string ends with a given prefix, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.

Parameters

string $suffix: The suffix to find.
string $string: The string to search.
string $message optional: The message to use for failure.

Returns

void

assertTextEquals() ¶ public

assertTextEquals(string $expected, string $result, string $message = ''): void

Assert text equality, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.

Parameters

string $expected: The expected value.
string $result: The actual value.
string $message optional: The message to use for failure.

Returns

void

assertTextNotContains() ¶ public

assertTextNotContains(string $needle, string $haystack, string $message = '', bool $ignoreCase = false): void

Assert that a text doesn't contain another text, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.

Parameters

string $needle: The string to search for.
string $haystack: The string to search through.
string $message optional: The message to display on failure.
bool $ignoreCase optional: Whether or not the search should be case-sensitive.

Returns

void

assertTextNotEquals() ¶ public

assertTextNotEquals(string $expected, string $result, string $message = ''): void

Assert text equality, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.

Parameters

string $expected: The expected value.
string $result: The actual value.
string $message optional: The message to use for failure.

Returns

void

assertTextStartsNotWith() ¶ public

assertTextStartsNotWith(string $prefix, string $string, string $message = ''): void

Asserts that a string starts not with a given prefix, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.

Parameters

string $prefix: The prefix to not find.
string $string: The string to search.
string $message optional: The message to use for failure.

Returns

void

assertTextStartsWith() ¶ public

assertTextStartsWith(string $prefix, string $string, string $message = ''): void

Asserts that a string starts with a given prefix, ignoring differences in newlines. Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.

Parameters

string $prefix: The prefix to check for.
string $string: The string to search in.
string $message optional: The message to use for failure.

Returns

void

assertWithinRange() ¶ protected static

assertWithinRange(float $expected, float $result, float $margin, string $message = ''): void

Compatibility function to test if a value is between an acceptable range.

Parameters

float $expected
float $result
float $margin: the rage of acceptation
string $message optional: the text to display if the assertion is not correct

Returns

void

configRequest() ¶ public

configRequest(array $data): void

Configures the data for the next request.

This data is cleared in the tearDown() method.

You can call this method multiple times to append into the current state.

Parameters

array $data: The request data to use.

Returns

void

controllerSpy() ¶ public

controllerSpy(Cake\Event\Event $event): void

Adds additional event spies to the controller/view event manager.

Parameters

Cake\Event\Event $event: A dispatcher event.

Returns

void

cookie() ¶ public

cookie(string $name, mixed $value): void

Sets a request cookie for future requests.

This method lets you configure the session data you want to be used for requests that follow. The session state is reset in each tearDown().

You can call this method multiple times to append into the current state.

Parameters

string $name: The cookie name to use.
mixed $value: The value of the cookie.

Returns

void

delete() ¶ public

delete(string|array $url): void

Performs a DELETE request using the current request data.

The response of the dispatched request will be stored as a property. You can use various assert methods to check the response.

Parameters

string|array $url: The URL to request.

Returns

void

get() ¶ public

get(string|array $url): void

Performs a GET request using the current request data.

The response of the dispatched request will be stored as a property. You can use various assert methods to check the response.

Parameters

string|array $url: The URL to request.

Returns

void

getMockForModel() ¶ public

getMockForModel(string $alias, mixed $methods = [], array $options = []): Model

Mock a model, maintain fixtures and table association

Parameters

string $alias: The model to get a mock for.
mixed $methods optional: The list of methods to mock
array $options optional: The config data for the mock's constructor.

Returns

Model

Throws

Cake\ORM\Exception\MissingTableClassException

loadFixtures() ¶ public

loadFixtures(): void

Chooses which fixtures to load for a given test

Each parameter is a model name that corresponds to a fixture, i.e. 'Posts', 'Authors', etc.

Returns

void

Throws

Exception
when no fixture manager is available.

patch() ¶ public

patch(string|array $url, array $data = []): void

Performs a PATCH request using the current request data.

The response of the dispatched request will be stored as a property. You can use various assert methods to check the response.

Parameters

string|array $url: The URL to request.
array $data optional: The data for the request.

Returns

void

post() ¶ public

post(string|array $url, array $data = []): void

Performs a POST request using the current request data.

The response of the dispatched request will be stored as a property. You can use various assert methods to check the response.

Parameters

string|array $url: The URL to request.
array $data optional: The data for the request.

Returns

void

put() ¶ public

put(string|array $url, array $data = []): void

Performs a PUT request using the current request data.

The response of the dispatched request will be stored as a property. You can use various assert methods to check the response.

Parameters

string|array $url: The URL to request.
array $data optional: The data for the request.

Returns

void

session() ¶ public

session(array $data): void

Sets session data.

This method lets you configure the session data you want to be used for requests that follow. The session state is reset in each tearDown().

You can call this method multiple times to append into the current state.

Parameters

array $data: The session data to use.

Returns

void

setUp() ¶ public

setUp(): void

Setup the test case, backup the static object values so they can be restored. Specifically backs up the contents of Configure and paths in App if they have not already been backed up.

Returns

void

skipIf() ¶ public

skipIf(bool $shouldSkip, string $message = ''): bool

Overrides SimpleTestCase::skipIf to provide a boolean return value

Parameters

bool $shouldSkip: Whether or not the test should be skipped.
string $message optional: The message to display.

Returns

bool

skipUnless() ¶ protected

skipUnless(bool $condition, string $message = ''): bool

Compatibility function for skipping.

Parameters

bool $condition: Condition to trigger skipping
string $message optional: Message for skip

Returns

bool

tearDown() ¶ public

tearDown(): void

Clears the state used for requests.

Returns

void

viewVariable() ¶ public

viewVariable(string $name): mixed

Fetches a view variable by name.

If the view variable does not exist, null will be returned.

Parameters

string $name: The view variable to get.

Returns

mixed

The view variable if set.

Control table create/drops on each test method.

If true, tables will still be dropped at the end of each test runner execution.

Type

bool

`$fixtureManager` ¶ public

The class responsible for managing the creation, loading and removing of fixtures

Type

Cake\TestSuite\Fixture\FixtureManager

Namespaces

Class IntegrationTestCase

Property Summary

Method Summary

_assertAttributes() protected

_assertStatus() protected

_buildRequest() protected

_handleError() protected

_normalizePath() protected

_sendRequest() protected

_url() protected

assertContentType() public

assertCookie() public

assertHeader() public

assertHtml() public

assertLayout() public

assertNoRedirect() public

assertNotWithinRange() protected static

assertPathEquals() protected static

assertRedirect() public

assertRedirectContains() public

assertResponseCode() public

assertResponseContains() public

assertResponseEmpty() public

assertResponseEquals() public

assertResponseError() public

assertResponseFailure() public

assertResponseNotContains() public

assertResponseNotEmpty() public

assertResponseOk() public

assertResponseSuccess() public

assertSession() public

assertTags() public deprecated

assertTemplate() public

assertTextContains() public

assertTextEndsNotWith() public

assertTextEndsWith() public

assertTextEquals() public

assertTextNotContains() public

assertTextNotEquals() public

assertTextStartsNotWith() public

assertTextStartsWith() public

assertWithinRange() protected static

configRequest() public

controllerSpy() public

cookie() public

delete() public

get() public

getMockForModel() public

loadFixtures() public

patch() public

post() public

put() public

session() public

setUp() public

skipIf() public

skipUnless() protected

tearDown() public

viewVariable() public

Method Detail

_assertAttributes() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

_assertStatus() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

_buildRequest() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

_handleError() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

Throws

_normalizePath() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

_sendRequest() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

Throws