laravel edit phpunit.xml to change environment when testing

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I'm making tests for an application in Laravel and I want to change the default config of the environment variable. In Laravel documentation:

When running unit tests, Laravel will automatically set the configuration environment to testing. You are free to create other testing environment configurations as necessary. The testing environment variables may be configured in the phpunit.xml file.

How can I change the environment from phpunit.xml?

Here is the file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
     backupStaticAttributes="false"
     bootstrap="bootstrap/autoload.php"
     colors="true"
     convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
     convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
     convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
     processIsolation="false"
     stopOnFailure="false"
     syntaxCheck="false"
>
   <testsuites>
      <testsuite name="Application Test Suite">
         <directory>./app/tests/</directory>
      </testsuite>
   </testsuites>
</phpunit>

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– Limon Monte, Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 11:55

Limon Monte · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-26 15:43:18Z

2

Just add <php> section with variables for testing environment:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
         backupStaticAttributes="false"
         bootstrap="bootstrap/autoload.php"
         colors="true"
         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
         processIsolation="false"
         stopOnFailure="false"
         syntaxCheck="false">
    <testsuites>
        …
    </testsuites>
    <php>
        <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
        <env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
        <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
        <env name="DB_DATABASE" value="…"/>
        <env name="DB_USERNAME" value="…"/>
        <env name="DB_PASSWORD" value="…"/>
    </php>
</phpunit>

answered May 26, 2015 at 15:43

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karmous Over a year ago

i want to use my default .env.php on testing environment and not have to add .env.testing.php or edit phpunit.xml ! thx

Christopher Raymond · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-05 16:25:07Z

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You can have PHPUnit load the .env file of your choice during setup. In TestCase ...

public function createApplication()
{
    $app = require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';

    Dotenv::load(__DIR__ . '/../', '.env.testing');

    $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class)->bootstrap();

    $this->baseUrl = env('APP_URL', $this->baseUrl);

    return $app;
}

answered Oct 5, 2015 at 16:25

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