Laravel Unit Test separate database - database

Question

Can somebody help me, how can i run my tests, but they will interact with database copy or a virtual database. I know, that i need to use phpunit.xml file, but how? Give me a example please.

Answer 1

I have found a workaround for this.
In your config/database.php bellow mysql add:
'mysql_testing' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('TESTING_DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'database' => env('TESTING_DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('TESTING_DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('TESTING_DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => false,
],
And now in your .env add the values for:
TESTING_DB_HOST=localhost
TESTING_DB_DATABASE=homestead_testing
TESTING_DB_USERNAME=homestead
TESTING_DB_PASSWORD=secret
Now you can run
php artisan migrate —database=mysql_testing
And the last thing - open your phpunit.xml file in the app folder and add this:
<env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="mysql_testing"/>

Answer 2

<?php
return [
// other stuff
'default' => env('DB_DEFAULT', 'mysql'),
'connections' => [
'sqlite_testing' => [
'driver' => 'sqlite',
'database' => ':memory:',
'prefix' => '',
],
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => false,
],
],
// other stuff
];
For controller
public function createApplication()
{
putenv('DB_DEFAULT=sqlite_testing');
$app = require __DIR__ . '/../../bootstrap/app.php';
$app->make('Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel')->bootstrap();
return $app;
}
public function setUp()
{
parent::setUp();
Artisan::call('migrate');
}
public function tearDown()
{
Artisan::call('migrate:reset');
parent::tearDown();
}

Answer 3

#pardeep in test\CreatesApplication trait there is just one function
add this putenv('DB_DEFAULT=sqlite_testing');