Framework: $response->assertSee Does not work properly

[arzola]

• Laravel Version: 5.5.21
• PHP Version: 7.1.11
• Database Driver & Version: MySQL 14.14 Distrib 5.7.17

Description:

$response->assertSee('Text') does not work properly if your controller action does not exists and you will get green instead of red because it's not throwing an exception

Steps To Reproduce:

1. Create a Controller with php artisan make:controller Hello;

2. Create the route defined in web.php

Route::get('/myaction', 'Hello@hello');

1. Try to do some assertion to see Hello and you got green even the controller action method hello does not exists yet

public function test_if_controller_action_prints_hello()
    {
        $response = $this->get('/myaction');
        $response->assertSee('Hello');
    }

[Dylan-DPC]

I'm not sure if there is much the assertion can check for. Also it is recommended to check the status of the response when you do a $this->get() or any other call.

[laurencei]

Is this passing because the error has the word "Hello".

i.e. the assertion is correct - because "Hello" is appearing on the page (the error message itself).