How to test file upload with laravel and phpunit?

Question

I\'m trying to run this functional test on my laravel controller. I would like to test image processing, but to do so I want to fake image uploading. How do I do this? I fou

Answer 1

Add similar setUp() method into your testcase:

protected function setUp()
{
    parent::setUp();

    $_FILES = array(
        'image'    =>  array(
            'name'      =>  'test.jpg',
            'tmp_name'  =>  __DIR__ . '/_files/phpunit-test.jpg',
            'type'      =>  'image/jpeg',
            'size'      =>  499,
            'error'     =>  0
        )
    );
}

This will spoof your $_FILES global and let Laravel think that there is something uploaded.