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declare(strict_types=1); |
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/* |
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* This file is part of the Liip/FunctionalTestBundle |
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* (c) Lukas Kahwe Smith <[email protected]> |
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* |
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* This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled |
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* with this source code in the file LICENSE. |
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*/ |
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namespace Liip\FunctionalTestBundle\Test; |
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use Liip\FunctionalTestBundle\Utils\HttpAssertions; |
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use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockBuilder; |
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use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Client; |
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use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Application; |
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use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\KernelBrowser; |
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use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\WebTestCase as BaseWebTestCase; |
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use Symfony\Component\BrowserKit\Cookie; |
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use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester; |
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use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface; |
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use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ResettableContainerInterface; |
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use Symfony\Component\DomCrawler\Crawler; |
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use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response; |
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use Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGeneratorInterface; |
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use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\TokenInterface; |
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use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\UsernamePasswordToken; |
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use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface; |
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if (!class_exists(Client::class)) { |
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class_alias(KernelBrowser::class, Client::class); |
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} |
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/** |
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* @author Lea Haensenberger |
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* @author Lukas Kahwe Smith <[email protected]> |
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* @author Benjamin Eberlei <[email protected]> |
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* @method ContainerInterface getContainer() |
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*/ |
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abstract class WebTestCase extends BaseWebTestCase |
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protected $environment = 'test'; |
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protected $containers; |
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// 5 * 1024 * 1024 KB |
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protected $maxMemory = 5242880; |
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// RUN COMMAND |
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protected $verbosityLevel; |
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protected $decorated; |
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private $inputs = null; |
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private $firewallLogins = []; |
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protected function getServiceMockBuilder(string $id): MockBuilder |
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$service = $this->getContainer()->get($id); |
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$class = get_class($service); |
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protected function runCommand(string $name, array $params = [], bool $reuseKernel = false): CommandTester |
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* information. |
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public static function assertStatusCode(int $expectedStatusCode, Client $client): void |
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HttpAssertions::assertStatusCode($expectedStatusCode, $client); |
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* expected keys. |
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* |
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protected function tearDown(): void |
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protected function createClientWithParams(array $params, ?string $username = null, ?string $password = null): Client |
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{ |
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if ($username && $password) { |
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'PHP_AUTH_USER' => $username, |
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'PHP_AUTH_PW' => $password, |
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]); |
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} |
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$client = static::createClient(['environment' => $this->environment], $params); |
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if ($this->firewallLogins) { |
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// has to be set otherwise "hasPreviousSession" in Request returns false. |
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$options = $client->getContainer()->getParameter('session.storage.options'); |
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if (!$options || !isset($options['name'])) { |
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/** @var $user UserInterface */ |
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foreach ($this->firewallLogins as $firewallName => $user) { |
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$token = $this->createUserToken($user, $firewallName); |
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$tokenStorage = $client->getContainer()->get('security.token_storage'); |
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$tokenStorage->setToken($token); |
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$session->set('_security_'.$firewallName, serialize($token)); |
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} |
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$session->save(); |
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} |
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|
32 |
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return $client; |
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} |
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} |
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It seems like the type of the argument is not accepted by the function/method which you are calling.
In some cases, in particular if PHP’s automatic type-juggling kicks in this might be fine. In other cases, however this might be a bug.
We suggest to add an explicit type cast like in the following example: