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Create functional test for HTTP controllers and LiveComponents. Use when testing web endpoints, form submissions, API responses, or LiveComponent interactions. Tests make HTTP requests and verify responses/DOM.

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Create Functional Test

Generate functional test for HTTP controllers and LiveComponents.


When to Use

  • HTTP endpoints (GET/​POST/​PUT/​DELETE)
  • Form submissions
  • LiveComponents
  • API responses

Inputs/​Outputs

InputExampleOutput
controller_classGetArticlesControllerBC/​Tests/​Adapters/​Controller/​.../​ControllerNameTest.php
route/​admin/​articles-
methodGET, POST-
fixtures['ArticleFactory' => 5]-

Process

StepAction
CreateUse template: test-functional.php.tpl
Runphp bin/​phpunit path/​to/​Test.php
Validatemake cs-fixer && make stan && make ta

Structure

Functional Test (extends BaseFunctionalTestCase):

final class ControllerNameTest extends BaseFunctionalTestCase {
    use Factories;

    public function testMethodName(): void {
        // Setup with Foundry (auto-persists)
        EntityFactory::createOne(['name' => 'Test']);

        // Request (use $this->client, NOT static::createClient())
        $this->client->request('GET', '/​route');

        // Assertions
        self::assertResponseIsSuccessful();
        self::assertSelectorExists('.element');
    }
}

See: docs/​GLOSSARY.md#functional-test for detailed definition


Rules

Setup:

  • Use Foundry (NOT DataBuilder)
  • Foundry auto-persists and commits
  • NO manual repository->save() or $em->flush()

Assertions:

  • HTTP: assertResponseIsSuccessful(), assertResponseRedirects(), assertResponseStatusCodeSame(404)
  • DOM: assertSelectorExists('.class'), assertSelectorTextContains('h1', 'Title'), assertSelectorCount(3, '.item')

CRITICAL:

  • Use $this->client (NOT static::createClient())
  • Extends BaseFunctionalTestCase
  • Use trait Factories
  • Performance: ~550ms/​test (DB purge + HTTP request)

Templates

  • test-functional.php.tpl

Location: .claude/​templates/


References

  • Functional test definition: docs/​GLOSSARY.md#functional-test
  • Testing strategy: docs/​testing.md#functional
  • Base test case: src/​Shared/​Tests/​BaseFunctionalTestCase.php