Framework: [5.2] Cookies sent in test are not present in request.

[asvae]

Basically, I'm unable to test if controller accepts cookie no matter what i try.

Here's my test:

public function test_cookie_passed_to_request(){
    $cookie = cookie('name', 'value');
    $this->call('get', 'test', [], [$cookie]);
    $this->assertEquals('value', $this->response->content());
}

And here is the route:

Route::get('test', [
    'middleware' => 'web',
    function (\Illuminate\Http\Request $request) {
        return $request->cookie('name');
    }
]);

Test fails: expected "value", got "".

Discussion on laracasts for reference.

[ifpingram]

This is not a bug, but instead the cookie should be passed as an array of values, not as a Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Cookie instance. Test should be changed to read:

    public function test_cookie_passed_to_request(){
        $cookie = ['name' => Crypt::encrypt('value')];

        $this->call('GET', 'test', [], $cookie);

        $this->assertEquals('value', $this->response->content());
    }

[GrahamCampbell]

Top tip. Avoid calling global functions inside tests. ;)

[asvae]

@GrahamCampbell

And I did some more digging:

$cookie1 = ['name1' => Crypt::encrypt('value1')];
$cookie2 = ['name2' => Crypt::encrypt('value2')];
$this->call('get', 'test', [], [$cookie1, $cookie2]);
$this->assertEquals('value1', $this->response->content());

That test fails.
And here is method definition from src:

public function call($method, $uri, $parameters = [], $cookies = []...

It says $cookies and not cookie. Yet it accepts only one cookie and that one should be weirdly parsed.

[ifpingram]

as per my answer on the Laracasts thread, the cookies need to be set like:

    public function test_cookies_passed_to_request()
    {
        $cookies = [
            'name1' => Crypt::encrypt('value1'),
            'name2' => Crypt::encrypt('value2')
        ];
        $this->call('get', 'test', [], $cookies);
        $this->assertEquals('value1', $this->response->content());
    }

[asvae]

Here's the final solution.
The test:

public function test_cookie_passed_to_request()
{
    $this->disableCookiesEncryption('name');
    $cookie = [ 'name' => 'value' ];
    $this->call('get', 'test', [ ], $cookie);
    $this->assertEquals('value', $this->response->content());
}

The route:

Route::get('test', [
    'middleware' => 'web',
    function (\Illuminate\Http\Request $request) {
        return $request->cookie('name');
    }
]);

TestCase function to disable cookie encryption:

    /**
     * @param array|string $cookies
     * @return $this
     */
protected function disableCookiesEncryption($cookies)
{
    $this->app->resolving(EncryptCookies::class,
        function ($object) use ($cookies) {
            $object->disableFor($cookies);
        });

    return $this;
}

[driade]

Working in 5.4

[fgilio]

Thanks @asvae! Works perfectly in 5.6

[hemantachhami19]

Can we do it without creating routes?