How to post data in from back-end testcase to controller - laravel

Question

I am new to php and I am currently trying to make a testcase for an add function I wrote for adding records in the table "project_point" of my database. In this testcase I want to post some test data to that add function and check if the data is set correctly.
Project Point Add function
public function addProjectPoint (Request $request) {
$point = new ProjectPoint();
$location = new Point($request->markerLat, $request->markerLong);
$point->project_id = $request->project_id;
$point->location = $location;
$point->area = $request->area;
$point->name = $request->name;
$point->information = $request->information;
$point->category = $request->category;
$point->save();
}
My test case
public function testCreateProjectPoint()
{
$this->post('admin/projectpoint/create', [
'project_id' => 1,
'markerLat' => 5.287020206451416,
'markerLong' => 51.68828138589033,
'area' => null,
'name' => 'TestCaseProjectPoint',
'information' => 'This is a automated test ProjectPoint, please delete this point!',
'category' => 'bezienswaardigheid'
]);
$this->assertDatabaseHas('interest_point', [
'project_id' => 1,
'location' => new Point(5.287020206451416, 51.68828138589033),
'area' => null,
'name' => 'TestCaseProjectPoint',
'information' => 'This is a automated test ProjectPoint, please delete this point!',
'category' => 'bezienswaardigheid'
]);
/*
$test = factory(ProjectPoint::class)->create();
$this->post('admin/projectpoint/create', $test);
$this->assertDatabaseHas('project_point', $test);
*/
}
ProjectPoint model
class ProjectPoint extends Model
{
use SpatialTrait;
protected $table = 'interest_point';
protected $fillable = ['project_id', 'name', 'information', 'category' ];
protected $spatialFields = [
'location',
'area'
];
public $timestamps = false;
public function project()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Project', 'project_id');
}
}
The output of the test is:
Failed asserting that a row in the table [interest_point] matches the attributes {
"project_id": 1,
"location": {
"type": "Point",
"coordinates": [
51.68828138589033,
5.287020206451416
]
},
"area": null,
"name": "TestCaseProjectPoint",
"information": "This is a automated test ProjectPoint, please delete this point!",
"category": "bezienswaardigheid"
}.
But I expect to see the test case succeed and when checking the database no records have been added to the database

Answer 1

Have you tried still putting location and area in your fillables?