Laravel Controller

<?php
class evidenceController {

    public function getDetails($id){
        $course = Course::with(['courseType'])
            ->checkEstablishmentOnView()
            ->excludeArchived()
            ->findOrFail($id);
        $view = View::make('courses/parts/details')
            ->with('course', $course);
        return Response::json(['html' => $view->render()]);
    }
}

@taylorotwell you are only showing an example the first test you describe correct? Or am i misunderstanding. How do you go about testing the acual database call?

@ramirezd42 With integration tests instead of unit tests.

Returning a HTML blob in a JSON response?