CakePHP: testing -> ValidationException - cakephp

Question

I'm new to programming and testing. I'm stuck at this testing, which throws an exception.
Please help me as I really don't get how I should approach this question.
My method to test:
public function saveNewInstitution($institutionData, $user) {
$institutionData[$this->alias]['isActive'] = 1;
$institutionData[$this->alias]['users_id'] = $user['User']['id'];
$this->create();
$this->set($institutionData);
if ($this->validates()) {
return $this->save();
} else {
throw new ValidationException('Not all fields are filled out correct');
}
}
My testclass:
public function testSaveNewInstitution() {
$result = array(
'Institution' => array(
'id' => 2,
'name' => 'Spitex',
'address' => 'Hauptweg 4',
'postcode' => '1234',
'city' => 'huuh',
'phone_number' => '123 456 78 90',
'email' => 'staufen#tsdy.huuh',
'comment' => '',
'isActive' => TRUE,
'users_id' => 2,
'institution_types_id' => 5
),
'Users' => array(
'id' => 2,
'email' => 'herbert#xyz.ch',
'password' => AuthComponent::password('12345678'),
'isMale' => TRUE,
'first_name' => 'Herbert',
'last_name' => 'Müller',
'address' => 'Hauptstrasse 1',
'postcode' => '1234',
'city' => 'Zürich',
'phone_number' => '123 456 78 90',
'isActive' => FALSE,
'institutions_id' => 2,
'groups_id' => 4
),
'InstitutionTypes' => array(
'id' => 5,
'name' => 'Spitex'
),
'Assignee' => array('0' => array(
'id' => 2,
'email' => 'herbert#xyz.ch',
'password' => AuthComponent::password('12345678'),
'isMale' => TRUE,
'first_name' => 'Herbert',
'last_name' => 'Müller',
'address' => 'Hauptstrasse 1',
'postcode' => '1234',
'city' => 'Zürich',
'phone_number' => '123 456 78 90',
'isActive' => FALSE,
'institutions_id' => 2,
'groups_id' => 4
))
);
$expected = $this->Institution->saveNewInstitution($result, 2);
$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
}
public function testSaveNewInstitutionException() {
$this->setExpectedException('ValidationException');
$expected = array(
'Institution' => array(
'id' => 2,
'name' => 'Spitex',
'address' => 'Hauptweg 4',
'postcode' => '1234',
'city' => 'huuh',
'phone_number' => '123 456 78 90',
'email' => 'staufen#xyz.huuh',
'comment' => '',
'isActive' => TRUE,
'users_id' => 2,
'institution_types_id' => 5
),
'Users' => array(
'id' => 2,
'email' => 'herbert#xyz.ch',
'password' => AuthComponent::password('12345678'),
'isMale' => TRUE,
'first_name' => 'Herbert',
'last_name' => 'Müller',
'address' => 'Hauptstrasse 1',
'postcode' => '1234',
'city' => 'Zürich',
'phone_number' => '123 456 78 90',
'isActive' => FALSE,
'institutions_id' => 2,
'groups_id' => 4
),
'InstitutionTypes' => array(
'id' => 5,
'name' => 'Spitex'
),
'Assignee' => array('0' => array(
'id' => 2,
'email' => 'herbert#mueller.ch',
'password' => AuthComponent::password('12345678'),
'isMale' => TRUE,
'first_name' => 'Herbert',
'last_name' => 'Müller',
'address' => 'Hauptstrasse 1',
'postcode' => '1234',
'city' => 'Zürich',
'phone_number' => '123 456 78 90',
'isActive' => FALSE,
'institutions_id' => 2,
'groups_id' => 4
))
);
$this->Institution->saveNewInstitution($expected, 2);
}
My exception:
**VALIDATIONEXCEPTION**
Not all fields are filled out correct
Test case: InstitutionTest(testSaveNewInstitution)
Stack trace:
/app/Test/Case/Model/InstitutionTest.php : 148
InstitutionTest::testSaveNewInstitution
/usr/lib/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php : 969
/usr/lib/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php : 824
/usr/lib/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestResult.php : 648
/usr/lib/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php : 769
/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php : 78
/usr/lib/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestSuite.php : 775
/usr/lib/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestSuite.php : 745
/usr/lib/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php : 346
/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestRunner.php : 57
/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestSuiteCommand.php : 111
/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestSuiteDispatcher.php : 242
/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestSuiteDispatcher.php : 99
/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestSuiteDispatcher.php : 116
/app/webroot/test.php : 92
9/9 test methods complete: 8 passes, 0 fails, 12 assertions and 1 exceptions.

Answer 1

as stated in the comments, the issue is pretty straigt forward. your validation fails and therefore the exception is thrown (as desired by your code).
if you want to debug it, try to determine what
$this->validationErrors
contains after the save() (before/instead of throwing the exception). then you know why the validation fails.