Testing a specific element using json POST in phpunit laravel-4

Question

I'm trying to test if a "name" is actually inserted into my controller.

I created this test to check for the "name":

  public function testStoreName()
{
    $json = '{"name":"FOO", "address":"fubar City", "nickname":"fubar"}';
     $post = $this->action('POST', 'FooController@store', null, array(), array(), array(), $json);
     $output= json_decode($this->client->getResponse()->getContent());
     $output->name;



     if($output->name != "")
     {
         echo "Test Passed\n\n";
     }

     elseif($output->name == "")
     {
        echo "Name cannot be null";
     }

  //      $this->assertTrue($this->client->getResponse()->isOk());
}

But when I alter the $json and set "name": ""; I get errors. I want it to say that "name cannot be null.

remedy. · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-23 03:32:11Z

2

Try this:

   public function testStoreName()
       {
            $json = '{"name":"FOO", "address":"fubar City", "nickname":"fubar"}';
            $jsonDecode = json_decode($json, true);
            $name = $jsonDecode['name'];
            $post = $this->action('POST', 'FooController@store', null, array(), array(), array(), $json);

            $this->assertTrue($this->client->getResponse()->isOk());

            $output= json_decode($this->client->getResponse()->getContent());

            $this->assertEquals($name, $output->name, 'Name incorrect'); 

        }

The code above decoes the json string and we put the 'name' element into $name and we do an assertEquals() to compare the json string 'name' that we specified towards the actual 'name' content that is being inputted into the controller.

answered Jul 23, 2014 at 3:32

remedy.

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