How to output in CLI during execution of PHP Unit tests?

Question

When running a PHPUnit test, I would like to be able to dump output so I can debug one or two things.

I have tried the following (similar to the PHPUnit Manual examp

Answer 1

I had to modify source code for this code to work so you need to add URL for this forked repos to composer for this will work

class TestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     *  Save last response
     * @var Response|null A Response instance
     */
    static $lastResponse;
    /**
     *  Modify to save response
     *
     * @param  string $method
     * @param  string $uri
     * @param  array $parameters
     * @param  array $files
     * @param  array $server
     * @param  string $content
     * @param  bool $changeHistory
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    final public function call(
        $method,
        $uri,
        $parameters = [],
        $files = [],
        $server = [],
        $content = null,
        $changeHistory = true
    ) {

        $response = parent::call($method, $uri, $parameters, $files, $server, $content, $changeHistory);
        static::$lastResponse = $this->client->getResponse();
        return $response;
    }


    /**
     * Modify message to add response text
     *
     * @param mixed $value
     * @param PHPUnit_Framework_Constraint $constraint
     * @param string $message
     * @since  Method available since Release 3.0.0
     */
    final public static function assertThat($value, PHPUnit_Framework_Constraint $constraint, $message = '')
    {
        $message .= PHP_EOL . static::$lastResponse . PHP_EOL;
        parent::assertThat($value, $constraint, $message);
    }
}