How to use the method setup from PHPUnit in Laravel 5.8

Question

I used to use the method setup of PHPUnit to create a instance for my test methods. But in Laravel 5.8 I can\'t do it

I\'ve tried both ways, and it\'s works makes a

Answer 1

Laravel 5.8 added the void typehint to the return type of the setUp method.
So you have to declare that like this:

public function setUp(): void
{
    // you should also call parent::setUp() to properly boot
    // the Laravel application in your tests
    $this->instance = new MyService;
}

Note the : void after the function arguments to state the return type of that function