Feature & Unit Tests in PHP

From the Laravel cheat sheet · Testing · verified Jul 2026

Feature & Unit Tests

Writing and running tests

php

// Feature test
public function test_homepage_returns_successful_response()
{
    $response = $this->get('/');

    $response->assertStatus(200);
    $response->assertSee('Welcome');
}

// Unit test
public function test_user_has_full_name()
{
    $user = new User(['first_name' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe']);

    $this->assertEquals('John Doe', $user->fullName());
}

// Run tests
php artisan test
php artisan test --filter=UserTest

💡 Use RefreshDatabase trait for database isolation

⚡ Mock external services to avoid dependencies

📌 Test both success and failure paths

🔥 Run tests in parallel for faster execution

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