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jamesst20/kahlan-laravel
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Kahlan support for Laravel

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Jamesst20/kahlan-laravel
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[](#jamesst20kahlan-laravel)

[Kahlan](https://kahlan.github.io/docs) is a full-featured Unit & BDD test framework a la RSpec/JSpec which uses a describe-it syntax and moves testing in PHP one step forward.

Why do I need this package
--------------------------

[](#why-do-i-need-this-package)

While it's true that you can use the vanilla Kahlan library, you cannot access to any of the Laravel TestCase helpers method.

Compatibility
-------------

[](#compatibility)

Only **Laravel 5.8** is currently supported because this library relies on phpdotenv v3.0 shipped with Laravel. It also only supports the latest **Kahlan** version (v4.6 as of now) because it is depedent on the new `afterEach` behavior deployed on [v4.6](https://github.com/kahlan/kahlan/commit/439415be3fd2b950227c4e46b582bf853b3d5718).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require --dev jamesst20/kahlan-laravel:^1.0

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Getting the application instance : `$this->app`, `$this->laravel->app`, `app()` are all equivalent ways and will return the same instance.

In a vanilla Laravel TestCase, we can access helpers by doing `$this->insertHelperMethod` such as `$this->assertDatabaseHas('users', ['email' => 'test@email.com']);`

In a kahlan environment, it is as simple as prefixing the method with `$this->laravel->insertHelperMethod`.

Please note that `$this->laravel`and `$this->app` is not accessible in `beforeAll`, `afterAll` callback but is as soon as in `beforeEach`.

Example
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[](#example)

Vanilla Laravel TestCase (PHPUnit)

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