test if user is logged in laravel 5.7 - php

Question

I am making a test but it fails when it tries to check if a user is logged in:
<?php
namespace Tests\Feature;
use Tests\TestCase;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use App\User;
class RegisterTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
/*.....
more test about registering
....*/
/** #test */
function redirect_to_home_page_and_logged_in_after_login()
{
$user = factory(User::class)->create([
'name' => 'Test',
'email' => 'test#hotmail.com',
'password' => '123456'
]);
$response = $this->post('login', [
'email' => 'test#hotmail.com',
'password' => '123456'
]);
//this works
$response->assertRedirect('/');
//this fails
$this->assertTrue(Auth::check());
}
}
And this is my controller HomeController:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
if (Auth::check()){
return view('home');
}
return view('welcome');
}
}
And this is my routes/web.php
Route::get('/', 'HomeController#index');
Auth::routes();
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. What can I do?. I am using laravel 5.7 and phpunit 5.7.1
Also in my app/Htpp/Auth/LoginController.php I did this:
protected $redirectTo = '/';
Thank you.

Answer 1

In addition to hashing your password you could also just post to the register route and create a new account.
/** #test */
function redirect_to_home_page_and_logged_in_after_register()
{
$response = $this->post('register', [
'name' => 'Test',
'email' => 'test#hotmail.com',
'password' => '123456'
]);
//this works
$response->assertRedirect('/');
//this fails
$this->assertTrue(Auth::check());
}
I guess you may also have a requirement to do it both ways:
/** #test */
function redirect_to_home_page_and_logged_in_after_login()
{
$user = factory(User::class)->create([
'name' => 'Test',
'email' => 'test#hotmail.com',
// note you need to use the bcrypt function here to hash your password
'password' => bcrypt('123456')
]);
$response = $this->post('login', [
'name' => 'Test',
'email' => 'test#hotmail.com',
'password' => '123456'
]);
//this works
$response->assertRedirect('/');
//this fails
$this->assertTrue(Auth::check());
}

Answer 2

Creating a user requires you to take care of the hashing of the password.
You can simply do it by using php's password_hash function. And use Auth::login($user); to login.
Like so:
$user = User::create(['email' => 'r#o.b', 'password' => password_hash('123456', 1)]);
Auth::login($user); //You should be logged in :)