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saeven/zf3-circlical-behat-fixtures
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Doctrine & Nelmio/Alice fixtures for Zend Framework 3 and Behat

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Simpler Behat Fixtures for Doctrine & Laminas
=================================================

[](#simpler-behat-fixtures-for-doctrine--laminas)

Trigger fixture loading from within Behat tests, like so:

```
Feature: I can define fixtures from within my tests
  In order to keep my test database clean
  As a developer writing behat tests
  I want to load fixtures directly from within my test context

  Scenario: Test loading a new fixture
    Given fixture "Application/user" is loaded
    And fixture "Application/user" is loaded
    And fixtures "Application/user, Billing/invoices" are loaded

```

> This package adds a behavior to alice, by way of automatically falling back onto reflection when a setter for a fixture-defined value is not available, and that value is nontrivial.

Highlights:

- fixtures provided by the excellent [nelmio/alice](https://github.com/nelmio/alice)
- comes with a ready-to-go context you can plug into Behat
- define what fixtures are required right at the Scenario level
- adds a convenient CLI command as well

> Inspired by [dkorsak/doctrine-data-fixture-module](https://github.com/dkorsak/doctrine-data-fixture-module) -- thanks!

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

[](#installation)

- Composer install, then add `CirclicalBehatFixtures` to your application.config.php

Wiring it into Behat
--------------------

[](#wiring-it-into-behat)

- Edit your behat.yml, to add the `CirclicalBehatFixtures\Behat\DatabaseContext` context

e.g.

```
# behat.yml
default:
  autoload: [ '%paths.base%/../contexts' ]
  suites:
    core_features:
      paths: [ '%paths.base%/../features' ]
      contexts:
        - FeatureContext
        - CirclicalBehatFixtures\Behat\DatabaseContext

```

### Or, if you need to override the location of the Doctrine bin (where the symlink points to)

[](#or-if-you-need-to-override-the-location-of-the-doctrine-bin-where-the-symlink-points-to)

```
# behat.yml
default:
  autoload: [ '%paths.base%/../contexts' ]
  suites:
    core_features:
      paths: [ '%paths.base%/../features' ]
      contexts:
        - FeatureContext
        - CirclicalBehatFixtures\Behat\DatabaseContext:
          - vendor/doctrine/doctrine-module/bin/doctrine-module

```

Author a Fixture
----------------

[](#author-a-fixture)

The syntax for fixture identification is very simple, MODULE/fixturename. Examples:

- Application/user
- Application/roles
- Member/purchases

In your individual ZF modules, you will save your [nelmio/alice](https://github.com/nelmio/alice) fixtures as `module/MODULE/user.yml`. Examples based on fixture IDs above:

- module/Application/fixtures/user.yml
- module/Application/fixtures/roles.yml
- module/Member/fixtures/purchases.yml

Author a Scenario
-----------------

[](#author-a-scenario)

Do this the way you usually would. The context provided by this module gives you a new action:

`Given Fixture "FIXTUREID" is loaded`

e.g.

`Given Fixture "Application/user" is loaded`

You can stack these as you need. The first one in a feature will auto-purge, the subsequent ones will append.

Container Support
-----------------

[](#container-support)

If you need to import the fixture in a Docker command for example, perhaps as a part of a CI/CD chain, you'll need to change where the fixture gets loaded. In short, instead of this command:

```
vendor/bin/doctrine-module orm:fixtures:load --fixtures=Application/orders

```

You might need to run something like this command:

```
/usr/local/bin/docker container exec -w /code -i $(docker-compose ps -q php) php vendor/bin/doctrine-module orm:fixtures:load --fixtures=Application/orders

```

You can achieve this by outputting a prefix into a file with name `circlical-fixtures-cmd-prefix`, e.g. in your CI/CD scripts:

```
echo "/usr/local/bin/docker container exec -w /code -i $(docker-compose ps -q php) " > ./circlical-fixtures-cmd-prefix

```

It becomes your responsibility to create (at startup) and delete (at tear-down) this file in your CI chain configuration.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

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**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~338 days

Total

2

Last Release

1975d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/887224?v=4)[Alexandre Lemaire](/maintainers/Saeven)[@Saeven](https://github.com/Saeven)

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