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Laravel extension for Behat. Forked from laracasts/behat-laravel-extension

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This extension offers an incredibly simple (and fast) way to begin testing and driving your Laravel applications with Behat. Some benefits include:

- **Fast:** It doesn't depend on anything like Goutte, so it offers a super-fast way to test your UI. You don't even need to setup a host to run your tests.
- **Refresh:** Laravel is automatically rebooted after each scenario (so nothing like user sessions will be persisted).
- **Environments:** Specifying custom environment files (like the `.env` one) for different app environments is a little tricky in Laravel 5. This extension handles that for you automatically. By default, it'll look for a `.env.behat` file in your project root.
- **Access Laravel:** You instantly have access to Laravel (things like facades and such) from your `FeatureContext` file.
- **Workflow:** A number of useful traits are available, which will speed up your workflow.

To get started, you only need to follow a few steps:

> Prefer a video walk-through? [See this lesson from Laracasts](https://laracasts.com/lessons/laravel-5-and-behat-bffs).

1. Install Dependencies
=======================

[](#1-install-dependencies)

As always, we need to pull in some dependencies through Composer.

```
composer require behat/behat behat/mink behat/mink-extension laracasts/behat-laravel-extension symfony/dependency-injection:"3.*" --dev

```

This will give us access to Behat, Mink, and, of course, the Laravel extension.

2. Create the Behat.yml Configuration File
==========================================

[](#2-create-the-behatyml-configuration-file)

Next, within your project root, create a `behat.yml` file, and add:

```
default:
    extensions:
        Laracasts\Behat:
            # env_path: .env.behat
        Behat\MinkExtension:
            default_session: laravel
            laravel: ~

```

Here, is where we reference the Laravel extension, and tell Behat to use it as our default session. You may pass an optional parameter, `env_path` (currently commented out above) to specify the name of the environment file that should be referenced from your tests. By default, it'll look for a `.env.behat` file.

This file should, like the standard `.env` file in your project root, contain any special environment variables for your tests (such as a special acceptance test-specific database).

3. Setting up FeatureContext
============================

[](#3-setting-up-featurecontext)

Run, from the root of your app

```
vendor/bin/behat --init

```

It should set

```
features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php

```

At this point you should set it to extend MinkContext.

```