Example
The phpunit.xml file is the default configuration file for tests and is already setup for testing with PHPUnit.
The default testing environment APP_ENV is defined as testing with array being the cache driver CACHE_DRIVER. With this setup, no data (session/cache) will be retained while testing.
To run tests against a specific environment like homestead the defaults can be changed to:
<env name="DB_HOST" value="192.168.10.10"/>
<env name="DB_DATABASE" value="homestead"/>
<env name="DB_USERNAME" value="homestead"/>
<env name="DB_PASSWORD" value="secret"/>
Or to use a temporary in memory database:
<env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
<env name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory:"/>
One last note to keep in mind from the Laravel documentation:
Make sure to clear your configuration cache using the
config:clearArtisan command before running your tests!
