illuminated/testing-tools

Laravel-specific Testing Helpers and Assertions.
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Install
composer require illuminated/testing-tools
Latest Version:13.0.0
PHP:^8.3
Laravel:13
License:MIT
Last Updated:Oct 8, 2026
Links: GitHub  ·  Packagist
Maintainer: dmitry-ivanov

Laravel-specific Testing Helpers and Assertions

Laravel Testing Tools

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Laravel-specific Testing Helpers and Assertions.

Laravel Testing Tools
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Usage

  1. Install the package via Composer:

    composer require --dev illuminated/testing-tools
    
  2. Use Illuminated\Testing\TestingTools trait:

    use Illuminated\Testing\TestingTools;
    
    abstract class TestCase extends Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase
    {
        use TestingTools;
    
        // ...
    }
    
  3. Use any of the provided helpers and assertions in your tests:

    class ExampleTest extends TestCase
    {
        #[Test]
        public function it_has_lots_of_useful_assertions()
        {
            $this->assertDatabaseHasMany('posts', [
                ['title' => 'Awesome!'],
                ['title' => 'Check multiple rows'],
                ['title' => 'In one simple assertion 🤟'],
            ]);
        }
    }
    

Available helpers

Feel free to contribute.

Available assertions

Feel free to contribute.

Helpers

ApplicationHelpers

emulateLocal()

Emulate that application is running on the local environment:

$this->emulateLocal();
emulateProduction()

Emulate that application is running on the production environment:

$this->emulateProduction();
emulateEnvironment()

Emulate that application is running on the given environment:

$this->emulateEnvironment('demo');

Assertions

CollectionAsserts

assertCollectionsEqual()

Assert that the given collections are equal based on the specified key:

$this->assertCollectionsEqual($collection1, $collection2, 'id');
assertCollectionsNotEqual()

Assert that the given collections are not equal based on the specified key:

$this->assertCollectionsNotEqual($collection1, $collection2, 'id');

DatabaseAsserts

assertDatabaseHasTable()

Assert that the database has the given table:

$this->assertDatabaseHasTable('users');
assertDatabaseMissingTable()

Assert that the database doesn't have the given table:

$this->assertDatabaseMissingTable('unicorns');
assertDatabaseHasMany()

Assert that the database has all the given rows:

$this->assertDatabaseHasMany('posts', [
    ['title' => 'First Post'],
    ['title' => 'Second Post'],
    ['title' => 'Third Post'],
]);
assertDatabaseMissingMany()

Assert that the database doesn't have all the given rows:

$this->assertDatabaseMissingMany('posts', [
    ['title' => 'Fourth Post'],
    ['title' => 'Fifth Post'],
]);

FilesystemAsserts

assertDirectoryEmpty()

Assert that the given directory is empty:

$this->assertDirectoryEmpty('./my/dir/');
assertDirectoryNotEmpty()

Assert that the given directory is not empty:

$this->assertDirectoryNotEmpty('./my/dir/');
assertFilesCount()

Assert that directory has the given number of files:

$this->assertFilesCount('./my/dir/', 3);
assertNotFilesCount()

Assert that directory doesn't have the given number of files:

$this->assertNotFilesCount('./my/dir/', 5);

LogFileAsserts

seeLogFile()

Assert that the given log file exists.

The path is relative to the storage/logs folder:

$this->seeLogFile('example.log');
dontSeeLogFile()

Assert that the given log file doesn't exist.

The path is relative to the storage/logs folder:

$this->dontSeeLogFile('foo.log');
seeInLogFile()

Assert that the log file contains the given message.

The path is relative to the storage/logs folder:

$this->seeInLogFile('example.log', 'Sample log message!');

Also, you can specify an array of messages:

$this->seeInLogFile('example.log', [
    'Sample log message 1!',
    'Sample log message 2!',
    'Sample log message 3!',
]);

You can use these placeholders in messages:

  • %datetime% - any datetime string.
$this->seeInLogFile('example.log', '[%datetime%]: Sample log message!');
dontSeeInLogFile()

Assert that the log file doesn't contain the given message.

The path is relative to the storage/logs folder:

$this->dontSeeInLogFile('example.log', 'Non-existing log message!');

Also, you can specify an array of messages:

$this->dontSeeInLogFile('example.log', [
    'Non-existing log message 1!',
    'Non-existing log message 2!',
    'Non-existing log message 3!',
]);

ScheduleAsserts

seeScheduleCount()

Assert that schedule count equals to the given value:

$this->seeScheduleCount(3);
dontSeeScheduleCount()

Assert that schedule count doesn't equal to the given value:

$this->dontSeeScheduleCount(5);
seeInSchedule()

Assert that the given command is scheduled:

$this->seeInSchedule('foo', 'everyFiveMinutes');
$this->seeInSchedule('bar', 'hourly');
$this->seeInSchedule('baz', 'twiceDaily');

Also, you can use cron expressions:

$this->seeInSchedule('foo', '*/5 * * * * *');
$this->seeInSchedule('bar', '0 * * * * *');
$this->seeInSchedule('baz', '0 1,13 * * * *');
dontSeeInSchedule()

Assert that the given command is not scheduled:

$this->dontSeeInSchedule('foo');

License

Laravel Testing Tools is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

 

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Version History

Version Released PHP Laravel License
13.0.0 ^8.3 ^13.0 MIT
12.0.0 ^8.2 ^12.0 MIT
11.0.0 ^8.2 ^11.0 MIT
10.0.0 ^8.1 ^10.0 MIT
9.6.0 ^8.0.2 ^9.0 MIT