Question

I’m just trying out PHPUnit with CakePHP and i’m getting an the following error when trying to use the testAction() method in a controller test case.

Fatal error: Call to undefined method GroupsControllerTestCase::testAction()

The controller test case was baked with the console and i’m using the following from the 2.x docs.

public function testIndex() {
    $result = $this->testAction('/groups/index');
    debug($result);
}

GroupsControllerTest.php

<?php
App::uses('GroupsController', 'Controller');


class TestGroupsController extends GroupsController {

public $autoRender = false;

public function redirect($url, $status = null, $exit = true) {
    $this->redirectUrl = $url;
}
}


class GroupsControllerTestCase extends CakeTestCase {

public $fixtures = array('app.group');


public function setUp() {
    parent::setUp();
    $this->Groups = new TestGroupsController();
    $this->Groups->constructClasses();
}

public function tearDown() {
    unset($this->Groups);

    parent::tearDown();
}

public function testIndex() {
    $results = $this->testAction('/groups/index');
    debug($results);
}
.....

Answer 1

I believe your test case should extend ControllerTestCase, not CakeTestCase.

class GroupsControllerTestCase extends ControllerTestCase {
    ...