PHPUnit Setup & Configuration

PHPUnit in Laravel

Laravel uses PHPUnit 12 with Laravel 13. Tests are in the tests/ directory.

// phpunit.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         colors="true"
         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php">
    <testsuites>
        <testsuite name="Feature">
            <directory>tests/Feature</directory>
        </testsuite>
        <testsuite name="Unit">
            <directory>tests/Unit</directory>
        </testsuite>
    </testsuites>
    <php>
        <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
        <env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
        <env name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory:"/>
    </php>
</phpunit>

Creating Tests

// php artisan make:test UserTest
// php artisan make:test UserServiceTest --unit

namespace Tests\Feature;

use Tests\TestCase;

class UserTest extends TestCase
{
    public function test_guests_cannot_access_dashboard(): void
    {
        $response = $this->get("/dashboard");
        $response->assertRedirect("/login");
    }

    public function test_authenticated_user_can_view_dashboard(): void
    {
        $user = User::factory()->create();
        $response = $this->actingAs($user)->get("/dashboard");
        $response->assertStatus(200);
        $response->assertSee("Welcome");
    }
}

Running Tests

// php artisan test --compact
// php artisan test --compact tests/Feature/UserTest.php
// php artisan test --compact --filter=test_guests_cannot