How to get Response variables in a Laravel PHPUnit test?

Question

I am testing a controller method and I am accessing a route in a test.

Then I would like to make sure that the correct model was returned in the view and was loaded with all of the correct relationships.

I know that I can do this:

$this->assertViewHas("content");

But can how can I verify that the content model that was returned into the view has the correct, for example, category? i.e. how can I get the content model object and then do something like

$this->assertEquals($content->category->name, "category 1");

?

Why not grab the actual controller method and test to make sure it has the right info? — Caleb Anthony
– Caleb Anthony, Commented Mar 13, 2017 at 21:36
Even if I do grab the actual controller, it returns a View. How do I access the Content model object from the view? I guess that would be a solution to my question, but I don't know the answer. — user3494047
– user3494047, Commented Mar 13, 2017 at 21:43
Checking the source code, it appears you can use something like ->assertViewHas($key, $value). — Caleb Anthony
– Caleb Anthony, Commented Mar 13, 2017 at 21:59
@CalebAnthony Yes I have seen that but maybe I am getting confused. I know I can do ->assertViewHas('content', $value) but what I want to do is ->assertViewHas('content->category', $value) and this returns null (I think because trying to access the View's 'content' attribute returns an Eloquent object and not a Model. I am not exactly sure. Or because the view doesn't have a 'content->category' attribute. But in any case, i haven't been able to get it to do what I want. — user3494047
– user3494047, Commented Mar 13, 2017 at 22:24
Possible duplicate of How to get view data during unit testing in Laravel — Vito Meuli
– Vito Meuli, Commented Jun 6, 2017 at 13:02

miken32 · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-17 20:37:14Z

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You can get your content from the response like this:

$content = $response->getOriginalContent()->getData()['content'];

getData() returns the data sent to the view as an array.

edited Nov 17, 2021 at 20:37

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answered Jun 6, 2017 at 12:41

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Gabriel Caruso · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-19 09:08:17Z

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Use assertSee():

$response->assertSee("category 1");

answered Sep 19, 2017 at 9:08

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Connor Leech · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-17 20:14:19Z

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You can use the following to get the array that's passed to the view:

$response->original->getData()

This comes from Illuminate/Http/ResponseTrait (link to docs).

answered Nov 17, 2021 at 20:14

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miken32 Over a year ago

This is just a property shortcut to Vito Meuli's 2017 answer.

Connor Leech Over a year ago

Yup I think it reads cleaner so wanted to share with the community

Ali Obeid · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-14 17:26:32Z

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You can use

$your_desired_data = $response->assertSee('var_tag');

and if it's an array of data you can access its data by:

$first_name = $your_desired_data['first_name'];

answered Feb 14, 2022 at 17:26

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