SecurityComponent black-holing my controller test case

Question

Here's my UsersController test case: ``` <?php App::uses('UsersController', 'Controller'); class TestUsersController extends UsersController { public $autoRender = false; public function redirect($url, $status = null, $exit = true) { $this->redirectUrl = $url; } public function render($action = null, $layout = null, $file = null) { $this->renderedAction = $action; } public function _stop($status = 0) { $this->stopped = $status; } } class UsersControllerTestCase extends ControllerTestCase { public $fixtures = array('app.user'); public function setUp() { parent::setUp(); $this->Users = new TestUsersController(); $this->Users->constructClasses(); } public function tearDown() { unset($this->Users); parent::tearDown(); } public function testAdminSearchStudents() { $data = array('User' => array('search' => 'Ipsum')); $result = $this->testAction('/admin', array('return' => 'vars', 'method' => 'post', 'data' => $data)); $this->assertCount(1, $result['users']); } } ``` There's nothing special…

Accepted Answer

I solved the problem mocking the the `SecurityComponent::_validatePost` method:

```
$this->Users = $this->generate('Users', array(
    'components' => array(
        'Security' => array('_validatePost'),
    )
));
```

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SecurityComponent black-holing my controller test case

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