Arrays as input name testing in Laravel 5.1

Question

I'm writing some tests for a form I've written in Laravel 5.1 but I'm getting an error saying:

Symfony\Component\CssSelector\Exception\SyntaxErrorException: Expected identifier or "*", but <number "1" at 11> found.

The issue is that I'm using 'array' names for some of my fields.

It's a series of questions and I'm using the question ID to map answers:

<label>Your answer for question 1?
    <textarea name="question[1]"></textarea>
<label>
<label>Your answer for question 2?
    <textarea name="question[2]"></textarea>
<label>

Then my test looks like this:

$response = $this->actingAs($user)
        ->visit('/application/project/1/1')
        ->type('This is a new title', 'title')
        ->type('My Question one Answer', 'question[1]')
        ->press('Save & Next Page');

I assume I need to present question[1] differently but I can't see how.

Rwd · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-13 09:59:47Z

2

A way you can get around this is by using the submitForm method.

$input = [
    'title' => 'This is my new title',
    'question[1]' => 'My Question one answer'
];
$response = $this->actingAs($user)
    ->visit('/application/project/1/1')
    ->submitForm('Save & Next Page', $input);

Hope this helps!

answered Sep 13, 2015 at 9:59

Rwd

35.3k7 gold badges71 silver badges85 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

hammygoonan Over a year ago

Perfect. Thanks so much.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Arrays as input name testing in Laravel 5.1

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related