How to bootstrap a Zend Framework 2 application for testing with Behat

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I'm using ZF 2.5.0 on a legacy application that we are going to write tests for.

I used this question as a reference, but mainly changed many things regarding autoloading.

I'm basically manually instantiating a subclass of AbstractControllerTestCase inside my FeatureContext. I'm specifically trying to get a ServiceLocator instance, so I can load my dependencies (for instance: $locator->get('Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager');).

In order to understand how to bootstrap it, I read the tutorial for PHPUnit. While reading this tutorial, I noticed the Boostrap class creates an instance of a ServiceManager on it's init() class method, but I fail to see how this instance is injected into the application instance that is created by AbstractControllerTestCase.

Any explanation or clarification on this would be appreciated. Or in general about how do I bootstrap an application to work with Behat.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '16 at 15:42

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I created extension for integration ZF2/3 with Behat. https://github.com/alteris/behat-zendframework-extension

Maybe this help you.

answered Sep 28 '16 at 15:42

timiTao

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Quick question, does this extension bootstrap the zf application, or do I still need a webserver up? – Christopher Francisco Sep 29 '16 at 13:05
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Bootstrap Zf application, but not webserver. You can directly call serviceManager etc. but if you want call front-end, need webserver. – timiTao Oct 07 '16 at 12:43

How to bootstrap a Zend Framework 2 application for testing with Behat

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