Laravel testing Failed asserting that two strings are equal - laravel

Question

I am very new to testing, but have now found it essential to automate my testing.
I have a test that is working fine up until it gets to the link '/cart' it gets to the link '/cart' no problem, but any other link I try to click afterwards always ends up back at the cart.
here is my error after trying to navigate away from the cart.
Failed asserting that two strings are equal.
--- Expected
+++ Actual
## ##
-'http://ngwenya-mtb.dev/events'
+'http://ngwenya-mtb.dev/cart'
And here is my test script
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
class ExampleTest extends TestCase {
//use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
//use DatabaseTransactions;
//use withoutMiddleware;
//use DatabaseMigrations;
/**
*
* A basic functional test example.
* Please choose a unique email address for your new participant
* #return void
*/
public function testNewUserRegistration() {
$this->visit('http://ngwenya-mtb.dev/')
// View Event
->click('View event details')
->seePageIs('/event?id=30')
->click('#enter-race47')
->press('Enter yourself to this race')
->seePageIs('/events/courses/register/addtocart')
//->withSession(['This email is already registered' => 'alert-danger'])
/////////////////////////////////////////////
// Fill the register for for new user
/////////////////////////////////////////////
->type('Bingo', 'first_name')
->type('11111111', 'password')
->type('11111111', 'password_confirmation')
->type(''.substr(md5(time()), 0, 12).'#tesing.com', 'email')
//->check('terms')
->select('Male', 'gender')
->select('1985', 'year')
->select('07', 'month')
->select('21', 'day')
->select('Small', 'shirt_size')
->select('Swaziland ID', 'id_type')
->type('badassnumber', 'id_number')
->select('Swazi', 'nationality')
//Contact details Physical
->type('Dawlish', 'town_physical')
->select('Swaziland', 'country_physical')
->type('864741', 'phone_cell')
//Emergency contact details 1
->type('Simon', 'emergency_contact_1')
->type('Brother', 'emergency_relationship_1')
->type('864741', 'emergency_phone_1');
$this->press('Register');
$this->seePageIs('/cart');
/////////////////////////////////////////////
// Add a new user
/////////////////////////////////////////////
$this->visit('http://ngwenya-mtb.dev/');
$this->click('#events-link')
->seePageIs('/events');
dd($this->response->getContent());exit;
$this->click('#event-30');
$this->seePageIs('/event?id=30');
$this->click('#enter-race48');
$this->press('Enter someone else to this race');
$this->seePageIs('/events/courses/register/addtocart');
}
}
Everything is working fine up until this comment
/////////////////////////////////////////////
// Add a new user
/////////////////////////////////////////////
Here is my Registration controller
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Vinkla\Hashids\HashidsManager;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
use Sentinel\FormRequests\RegisterRequest;
use Sentinel\FormRequests\EmailRequest;
use Sentinel\FormRequests\ResetPasswordRequest;
use Sentinel\Repositories\Group\SentinelGroupRepositoryInterface;
use Sentinel\Repositories\User\SentinelUserRepositoryInterface;
use Sentinel\Traits\SentinelRedirectionTrait;
use Sentinel\Traits\SentinelViewfinderTrait;
use Sentry;
use View;
use Request;
use Event;
use Redirect;
use Session;
use Config;
use App\Models\Users;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\Facades\Cart;
class RegistrationController extends BaseController
{
/**
* Traits
*/
use SentinelRedirectionTrait;
use SentinelViewfinderTrait;
/**
* Constructor
*/
public function __construct(
SentinelUserRepositoryInterface $userRepository,
SentinelGroupRepositoryInterface $groupRepository,
HashidsManager $hashids
) {
$this->userRepository = $userRepository;
$this->groupRepository = $groupRepository;
$this->hashids = $hashids;
}
/**
* Show the registration form, if registration is allowed
*
* #return Response
*/
public function registration()
{
// Is this user already signed in? If so redirect to the post login route
if (Sentry::check()) {
return $this->redirectTo('session_store');
}
//If registration is currently disabled, show a message and redirect home.
if (! config('sentinel.registration', false)) {
return $this->redirectTo(['route' => 'home'], ['error' => trans('Sentinel::users.inactive_reg')]);
}
// All clear - show the registration form.
return $this->viewFinder(config('sentinel.view.user_register', 'Sentinel::users.register'));
}
/**
* Process a registration request
*
* #return Response
*/
public function register(RegisterRequest $request)
{
// Gather input
$data = $request->all();
// collect cart items
$email = Input::get('email');
$course_id = Input::get('course_id');
$event_name = Input::get('event_name');
$entry_fee = Input::get('entry_fee');
// check user exists
if (Users::where('email', '=', $email)->exists()) {
// user found
$request->session()->flash('alert-danger', 'Warning: This email is already registered.');
Input::flash();
return View::make('sentinel.users.register')
->with('course_id',$course_id)
->with('event_name',$event_name)
->with('entry_fee',$entry_fee);
}
// Add user and course to cart
if ($course_id) {
$firstUserRowId = Cart::add($course_id, $event_name , 1, $entry_fee, [
'first_name' => Input::get('first_name'),
'last_name' => Input::get('last_name'),
'email' => Input::get('email'),
'no_email' => 0,
'master_user' => 1,
'gender' => Input::get('gender'),
'dob' => Input::get('dob'),
'shirt_size' => Input::get('shirt_size'),
'id_type' => Input::get('id_type'),
'id_number' => Input::get('id_number'),
'nationality' => Input::get('nationality'),
'phone_cell' => Input::get('phone_cell'),
'town_physical' => Input::get('town_physical'),
'country_physical' => Input::get('country_physical'),
'emergency_contact_1' => Input::get('emergency_contact_1'),
'emergency_relationship_1' => Input::get('emergency_relationship_1'),
'emergency_phone_1' => Input::get('emergency_phone_1'),
]);
}
// get email from request
$email = $request->only('email');
foreach ($email as $userModel) {}
// Edit date of birth from request
$year = Input::get('year');
$month = Input::get('month');
$day = Input::get('day');
$dob = $year.'-'.$month.'-'.$day;
$data['dob'] = $dob;
// Attempt Registration
$result = $this->userRepository->store($data);
// Log user in
FunctionsController::loginUser($userModel);
// It worked! Use config to determine where we should go.
return $this->redirectViaResponse('registration_complete', $result);
}
/**
* Activate a new user
*
* #param int $id
* #param string $code
*
* #return Response
*/
public function activate($hash, $code)
{
// Decode the hashid
$id = $this->hashids->decode($hash)[0];
// Attempt the activation
$result = $this->userRepository->activate($id, $code);
// It worked! Use config to determine where we should go.
return $this->redirectViaResponse('registration_activated', $result);
}
/**
* Show the 'Resend Activation' form
*
* #return View
*/
public function resendActivationForm()
{
return $this->viewFinder('Sentinel::users.resend');
}
/**
* Process resend activation request
* #return Response
*/
public function resendActivation(EmailRequest $request)
{
// Resend the activation email
$result = $this->userRepository->resend(['email' => e($request->get('email'))]);
// It worked! Use config to determine where we should go.
return $this->redirectViaResponse('registration_resend', $result);
}
/**
* Display the "Forgot Password" form
*
* #return \Illuminate\View\View
*/
public function forgotPasswordForm()
{
return $this->viewFinder('Sentinel::users.forgot');
}
/**
* Process Forgot Password request
* #return Response
*/
public function sendResetPasswordEmail(EmailRequest $request)
{
// Send Password Reset Email
$result = $this->userRepository->triggerPasswordReset(e($request->get('email')));
// It worked! Use config to determine where we should go.
return $this->redirectViaResponse('registration_reset_triggered', $result);
}
/**
* A user is attempting to reset their password
*
* #param $id
* #param $code
*
* #return Redirect|View
*/
public function passwordResetForm($hash, $code)
{
// Decode the hashid
$id = $this->hashids->decode($hash)[0];
// Validate Reset Code
$result = $this->userRepository->validateResetCode($id, $code);
if (! $result->isSuccessful()) {
return $this->redirectViaResponse('registration_reset_invalid', $result);
}
return $this->viewFinder('Sentinel::users.reset', [
'hash' => $hash,
'code' => $code
]);
}
/**
* Process a password reset form submission
*
* #param $hash
* #param $code
* #return Response
*/
public function resetPassword(ResetPasswordRequest $request, $hash, $code)
{
// Decode the hashid
$id = $this->hashids->decode($hash)[0];
// Gather input data
$data = $request->only('password', 'password_confirmation');
// Change the user's password
$result = $this->userRepository->resetPassword($id, $code, e($data['password']));
// It worked! Use config to determine where we should go.
return $this->redirectViaResponse('registration_reset_complete', $result);
}
}

Answer 1

It seems that when you click and a your link "Register" your redirection fail, so check if you have multiple "Register" links/buttons, and if they are pointing to the right URL
And for easiest debugging, you should make less assertions per Test, you will gain in visibility :)