How can I persist data with Symfony2's session service during a functional test?

Question

I\'m writing a functional test for an action that uses Symfony2\'s session service to fetch data. In my test class\'s setUp method, I call $this->get(\

Answer 1

Firstly try using your client's container (I'm assuming you're using WebTestCase):

$client = static::createClient();
$container = $client->getContainer();

If it still doesn't work try saving the session:

$session = $container->get('session');
$session->set('foo', 'bar');
$session->save();

I didn't try it in functional tests but that's how it works in Behat steps.