Adding subdirectory to tests in Laravel; connection can't be resolved - php

Question

I'm trying to add some structure into my /tests/ directory, at the moment files are structured like this:
/tests
/Models
UserTest.php
ExampleTest.php
TestCase.php
Both UserTest and ExampleTest are extended from TestCase. Running Exampletest works just fine (adds user to database), whereas UserTest fails with the following error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function connection() on null in [...]\Illuminate\Datab ase\Eloquent\Model.php on line 3340
That means that this functions receives null or no argument (model.php:3338-3342):
public static function resolveConnection($connection = null)
{
return static::$resolver->connection($connection);
}
I cannot figure out what's different in my two testcases.
TestCase.php:
<?php
namespace Tests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as baseTestCase;
class TestCase extends baseTestCase
{
/**
* The base URL to use while testing the application.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $baseUrl = 'http://localhost';
/**
* Creates the application.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Foundation\Application
*/
public function createApplication()
{
$app = require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';
$app->make(\Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class)->bootstrap();
return $app;
}
}
ExampleTest.php:
<?php
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
use Tests\TestCase;
use App\User;
class ExampleTest extends TestCase
{
/**
* A basic functional test example.
*
* #return void
*/
public function testBasicExample()
{
User::create([
"name" => 'test'
]);
$this->visit('/')
->see('Laravel 5');
}
}
Models/UserTest.php:
<?php
namespace Tests\Models;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Tests\TestCase;
use Faker\Factory;
use App\User;
class UserTest extends TestCase
{
use DatabaseTransactions;
protected $user;
protected $password;
protected $customPassword;
protected $testString;
/**
* Construct.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$faker = Factory::create();
$this->password = $faker->password;
$this->customPassword = $faker->password;
$this->user = User::create([
"name" => $faker->name,
"email" => $faker->email,
"password" => Hash::shouldReceive($this->password),
]);
}
public function testExample()
{
$this->assertTrue(true);
}
}
Anyone has an idea what's going on here?

Answer 1

I guess this is happening because as you are extending "TestCase" from Models/UserTest and it is looking "TestCase" inside your Models folder, try giving a full path to that class.
Something like:
class UserTest extends {yourNameSpace(ifAny)}\TestCase