Laravel - input not passing over through unit test

Question

I'm receiving the below error when running my unit tests. Seems that it doesn't like passing in the Input::get to the constructor, however when running the script within the browser the action works fine so I know it's not the controller code. If I take out any of the 'task_update' code the test passes with just the find even with the Input - so not sure why it accepts the Input for one method. ``` ErrorException: Argument 1 passed to Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::__construct() must be of the type array, null given, called ``` My Controller is: ``` public function store() { $task_update = new TaskUpdate(Input::get('tasks_updates')); $task = $this->task->find(Input::get('tasks_updates')['task_id']); $output = $task->taskUpdate()->save($task_update); if (!!$output->id) { return Redirect::route('tasks.show', $output->task_id) ->with('flash_task_update', 'Task has been updated'); } } ``` And the test is - I'm setting the input for task_updates array but just isn't being picked up: `…

Accepted Answer

I believe the "call" function is blowing away the work done by Input::replace.

the call function can actually take a $parameters parameter which should fix your problem.

if you look in \Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase@call, you'll see the function:

```
/**
 * Call the given URI and return the Response.
 *
 * @param  string  $method
 * @param  string  $uri
 * @param  array   $parameters
 * @param  array   $files
 * @param  array   $server
 * @param  string  $content
 * @param  bool    $changeHistory
 * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
 */
public function call()
{
    call_user_func_array(array($this->client, 'request'), func_get_args());

return $this->client->getResponse();
}
```

If you do:

```
$response = $this->call('POST', 'tasksUpdates', array('your data here'));
```

I think it should work.

Laravel - input not passing over through unit test

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