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AliceDemo

A example Symfony2 Application using h4cc/AliceFixureBundle in multiple ways.

Installation of h4cc/AliceFixureBundle

Add in your composer.json the following line to either "require" or "require-dev":

    "h4cc/alice-fixtures-bundle": "dev-master"

(I recommend to follow a stable version if available)

Then update your packages

php composer.phar update

After that, add the Bundle to your AppKernel.

Configuration

A configuration is optional.

Check out the default configuration.

Use this command to get a up-to-date config reference:

php app/console config:dump-reference h4cc_alice_fixtures

How does it work?

Fixtures are stored in YAML files which can be used in a number of ways:

• use app/console to load the fixtures into the database
• use the fixtures in PHPUnit tests
• use the fixtures in Selenium tests

First fixture file

A simple fixture file is the default.yml

Creating and using fixture sets

A couple of fixture files can be combined to a set. This is done with a simple PHP script, see CustomerDefaultSet.php for an example. Any file that is named after the pattern "DataFixtures/Alice/*Set.php" will be recognized automatically as a set.

Sets can be automatically loaded by this command:

php app/console h4cc_alice_fixtures:load:sets

Adding a Faker Provider

The configuration of a provider can be found in the services.yml.

The referenced "CategoryProvider" class add a method called "categoryName", which can be used in the fixture files like this: "<categoryName()>". For example here in categories.yml.

Using a FixtureSet in a PHPUnit Test

The test UserControllerTest as a setUp() Method, which will clear the database and load the given fixtures. This way functional tests could be done, that demand a specific dataset.

Providing a Controller Action for Selenium tests to load Fixtures

The controller SeleniumController contains a action for loading a defined fixture set. This way, a browser test could force the reset of the database for predictable tests.