FOSUserBundle Unit testing

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I am working on setting up a site with fosUserBundle. I need to write some unit tests, but I cannot seems to get authentication to work correctly for use with them. I have have tried a few methods with no luck. approach1 - chain providers in security settings to make a standard login I can rely on. When I do this the only authentication that works is the in_memory provider meaning I can login in with the admin user but not any users created by fosUserBundle security.yml ``` security: encoders: "FOS\UserBundle\Model\UserInterface": plaintext "Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\User": plaintext providers: chain_provider: providers: [in_memory, fos_userbundle] in_memory: users: admin: { password: admin, roles: [ 'ROLE_ADMIN' ] } fos_userbundle: id: fos_user.user_manager firewalls: main: pattern: ^/ form_login: provider: fos_userbundle login_path: / csrf_provider: form.csrf_provider default_target_path: /media logout: true anonymous: true http_basic: provider: in_memory ``` Method 2- I…

Accepted Answer

Hmm, It seems that if you chain providers in the security you cannot use just one of the providers, at least that solved the issue for me.

```
// security.yml 
providers:
    chain_provider:
        providers: [in_memory, fos_userbundle]
    in_memory:
        users:
            admin: { password: admin, roles: [ 'ROLE_ADMIN' ] }
    fos_userbundle:
        id: fos_user.user_manager

firewalls:
    main:
        pattern: ^/
        form_login:
            provider: chain_provider
            login_path:  /
            csrf_provider: form.csrf_provider
            default_target_path: /media
        logout:       true
        anonymous:    true
        http_basic:
            provider: chain_provider
```

FOr some reason as soon as I changed both providers to `chain_provider` it started cooperating.

My unit test now looks like this

```
public function setUp() {

$kernel = static::createKernel();
    $this->repo = $kernel->boot();
    $this->repo = $kernel->getContainer();

$this->client = static::createClient(array(), array(
        'PHP_AUTH_USER' => 'admin',
        'PHP_AUTH_PW'   => 'admin',
    ));
    $this->client->followRedirects();

}
```

If copying this I would suggest using stronger passwords for your users :)

FOSUserBundle Unit testing

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