I'm a novice developer trying to write a test suite for an existing Laravel app. Currently I'm trying to write tests for a controller but the authentication system used is strangely implemented and difficult to get around. I can't simply:
$user = \User::find(1);
$this->be($user);
I need to instantiate the controller and set a private property in its base class. To get around this, I'm trying to use reflection and setting the constructor properties and the user property manually. My issue arises when I try to invoke the method on the reflection object and I don't know how to get around it. My test method:
public function testCount()
{
$user = \User::find(1);
$this->be($user);
$leadRepositoryInterface = m::mock('CRM\Storage\Lead\LeadRepositoryInterface');
$response = m::mock('ColorJar\ApiResponse\Response');
$leadsController = new ReflectionClass('LeadsController');
$leadsControllerLead = $leadsController->getProperty('lead');
$leadsControllerLead->setAccessible(true);
$leadsControllerResponse = $leadsController->getProperty('response');
$leadsControllerResponse->setAccessible(true);
$leadsControllerCrmuser = $leadsController->getProperty('crmUser');
$leadsControllerCrmuser->setAccessible(true);
$leadsControllerLead->setValue($leadsController, $leadRepositoryInterface);
$leadsControllerResponse->setValue($leadsController, $response);
$leadsControllerCrmuser->setValue($leadsController, $user);
$reflectionMethod = new ReflectionMethod('ReflectionClass', 'count');
$this->assertEquals('jdsf', $reflectionMethod->invoke($leadsController));
}
generates the following error:
LeadsControllerTest::testCount
ReflectionException: Method ReflectionClass::count() does not exist
I realize that I'm calling count() on an instance of ReflectionClass instead of LeadsController but I don't know how else to set these properties, in particular the crmUser since it's a private property of the class that LeadsController inherits from. How do I make this work?
