KernelAwareTest

KernelAwareTest.php

<?php

require_once dirname(__DIR__).'/../../../../app/AppKernel.php';

/**
 * Test case class helpful with Entity tests requiring the database interaction.
 * For regular entity tests it's better to extend standard \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase instead.
 */
abstract class KernelAwareTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * @var Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\AppKernel
     */
    protected $kernel;

    /**
     * @var Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager
     */
    protected $entityManager;

    /**
     * @var Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container
     */
    protected $container;

    /**
     * @return null
     */
    public function setUp()
    {
        $this->kernel = new \AppKernel('test', true);
        $this->kernel->boot();

        $this->container = $this->kernel->getContainer();
        $this->entityManager = $this->container->get('doctrine')->getManager();

        $this->generateSchema();

        parent::setUp();
    }

    /**
     * @return null
     */
    public function tearDown()
    {
        $this->kernel->shutdown();

        parent::tearDown();
    }

    /**
     * @return null
     */
    protected function generateSchema()
    {
        $metadatas = $this->getMetadatas();

        if (!empty($metadatas)) {
            $tool = new \Doctrine\ORM\Tools\SchemaTool($this->entityManager);
            $tool->dropSchema($metadatas);
            $tool->createSchema($metadatas);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @return array
     */
    protected function getMetadatas()
    {
        return $this->entityManager->getMetadataFactory()->getAllMetadata();
    }
}

Would be great if not hardcoded em dependency :)
Not all the world use Doctrine :P

First call parent __construct.