Access settings in Codeception bootstrap code - php

Question

I am upgrading tests from Codeception v2 to v4. The bootstrapping code is referenced in acceptance.suite.yml and loaded just fine.
Visible inside the _bootstrap.php file as of now there was a variable $settings, set by the surrounding Codeception code, that held information about all the live data, that was configured for the tests to run.
This variable is now gone. Printing get_defined_vars() only shows two variables set, strings that point to the current path and bootstrap file name.
How can I access the settings in bootstrapping code again?
I’ve looked at packagist, if there’d be a candidate for a split-off module, that would be of use here, but no candidate looked promising.
Edit: I’ve tried accessing the settings manually:
$settings = \Codeception\Configuration::suiteSettings('acceptance',
\Codeception\Configuration::config());
However, this only allows me access to the “static” settings, i.e., basically as written in the according YAML files. What I need are the “final” settings, i.e., the ones after the environment is evaluated.

Answer 1

I’ve solved this problem by switching from a bootstrap file to an extension. Example:
In codeception.yml:
extensions:
enabled:
- Bootstrapper
The class is found in lib/Bootstrapper.php via Composer’s class list feature, composer.json:
{
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
"lib/"
]
}
}
and looks something like this:
<?php
use Codeception\Events;
use Codeception\Extension;
class Bootstrapper extends Extension {
public static $events = [
Events::SUITE_BEFORE => 'beforeSuite',
];
public function beforeSuite() {
$module = 'PhpBrowser';
if ($this->hasModule('WebDriver')) {
$module = 'WebDriver';
}
/* expose info, if we're in real-browser context */
define('IS_REAL_BROWSER', $module === 'WebDriver');
/* make sure the helper functions are loaded */
require_once __DIR__.'/../tests/acceptance/_helpers.php';
}
}