undefined variable when testing the store() using phpunit in laravel-4 - php

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I have route that does a POST route towards store() in the controller.
I'm trying to test if the action is working properly.
Controller:
public function store() {
$d= Input::json()->all();
//May need to check here if authorized
$foo= new Foo;
$d = array();
$d['name'] = $d['name'];
$d['address'] = $d['address'];
$d['nickname'] = $d['nickname'];
if($foo->validate($d))
{
$new_foo= $foo->create($d);
return Response::json(Foo::where('id','=',$new_foo->id)->first(),200);
}
else
{
return Response::json($foo->errors(),400);
}
}
Now I'm trying to test this using a new class called FooTest.php
Here is the function i'm currently trying to do to make the check work:
public function testFooCreation()
{
$jsonString = '{"address": "82828282", "email": "test#gmail.com", "name":"Tester"}';
$json = json_decode($jsonString);
$this->client->request('POST', 'foo');
$this->assertEquals($json, $this->client->getResponse());
}
when I run phpunit in my cmd, I get an error stating that "name" is undefined. I know i'm not actually passing anything to the request so I'm positive that nothing is actually being checked, but my question is how do I actually pass my json strings to check?
Everytime I put the $json inside the client request, it asks for an array, but when I convert my json string to an array, json_decode wants a string.
UPDATE
I was messing around with the passing of input data and I came across this:
$input = [
'name' => 'TESTNAME',
'address' => '299 TESTville',
'nickname' => 't'
];
Input::replace($input);
Auth::shouldReceive('attempt')
->with(array('name' => Input::get('name'),
'address' => Input::get('address'),
'nickname' => Input::get('nickname')))
->once()
->andReturn(true);
$response = $this->call('POST', 'foo', $input);
$content = $response->getContent();
$data = json_decode($response->getContent());
But whenever I run the test, i still get "name:undefined" It's still not passing the input i've created.

Answer 1

$d= Input::json()->all();
The above statement gets Input in $d.
$d = array();
Now the last statement again initialises $d as an empty new array.
So there is no: $['name'] . Hence, Undefined.
I think, that's the problem with the above code.
Hope it helps :)

Answer 2

I was able to pass the input into a POST route from the test.
public function testFooCreation(){
$json = '{"name":"Bar", "address":"FooLand", "nickname":"foobar"}';
$post = $this->action('POST', 'FooController#store', null, array(), array(), array(), $json);
if($this->assertTrue($this->client->getResponse()->isOk()) == true && $this->assertResponseStatus(201)){
echo "Test passed";
}
}
Turns out that in order for me to actually pass input into the controller through test POST, I have to pass it through the 7th parameter.
I hope this helps others.

Answer 3

of course you get an error , just look at your code
$aInputs = Input::json()->all();
//May need to check here if authorized
$foo= new Foo;
$d = array();
$d['name'] = $d['name'];
$d['address'] = $d['address'];
$d['nickname'] = $d['nickname'];
your assigning the array to it self, which is empty