TestFormRequest.php

<?php

namespace Tests;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ParameterBag;
use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertFalse;
use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertTrue;

class TestFormRequest
{
    private FormRequest $request;

    public function __construct(FormRequest $request)
    {
        $this->request = $request;
    }

    public function validate(array $data)
    {
        $this->request->request = new ParameterBag($data);

        /** @var Validator $validator */
        $validator = \Closure::fromCallable(function () {
            return $this->getValidatorInstance();
        })->call($this->request);

        try {
            $validator->validate();
        } catch (ValidationException $e) {
            return new TestValidationResult($validator, $e);
        }

        return new TestValidationResult($validator);
    }

    public function by(Authenticatable $user = null)
    {
        $this->request->setUserResolver(fn() => $user);

        return $this;
    }

    public function withParams(array $params)
    {
        foreach($params as $param => $value) {
            $this->withParam($param, $value);
        }

        return $this;
    }

    public function withParam(string $param, $value)
    {
        $this->request->route()->setParameter($param, $value);

        return $this;
    }

    public function assertAuthorized()
    {
        assertTrue(
            $this->bully(fn() => $this->passesAuthorization(), $this->request),
            'The provided user is not authorized by this request'
        );
    }

    public function assertNotAuthorized()
    {
        assertFalse(
            $this->bully(fn() => $this->passesAuthorization(), $this->request),
            'The provided user is authorized by this request'
        );
    }

    private function bully(\Closure $elevatedFunction, object $targetObject)
    {
        return \Closure::fromCallable($elevatedFunction)->call($targetObject);
    }
}

TestValidationResult.php

<?php

namespace Tests;

use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertArrayHasKey;
use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertContains;
use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertStringContainsString;
use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertTrue;

class TestValidationResult
{
    private Validator $validator;
    private ?ValidationException $failed;

    public function __construct(Validator $validator, ?ValidationException $failed = null)
    {
        $this->validator = $validator;
        $this->failed = $failed;
    }

    public function assertPassesValidation()
    {
        assertTrue($this->validator->passes(),
            sprintf("Validation of the payload:\n%s\ndid not pass validation rules\n%s\n",
                json_encode($this->validator->getData(), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT),
                json_encode($this->getFailedRules(), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)
            )
        );
        
        return $this;
    }

    public function assertFailsValidation($expectedFailedRules = [])
    {
        assertTrue($this->validator->fails());

        if (empty($expectedFailedRules)) {
            return $this;
        }

        $failedRules = $this->getFailedRules();

        foreach ($expectedFailedRules as $expectedFailedRule => $constraints) {
            assertArrayHasKey($expectedFailedRule, $failedRules);
            assertStringContainsString($constraints, $failedRules[$expectedFailedRule]);
        }
        
        return $this;
    }

    public function assertHasMessage($message, $rule = null)
    {
        $validationMessages = $this->getValidationMessages($rule);
        assertContains($message, $validationMessages,
            sprintf("\"%s\" was not contained in the failed%s validation messages\n%s",
                $message, $rule ? ' '.$rule : '', json_encode($validationMessages, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)
            )
        );
        
        return $this;
    }


    public function getFailedRules()
    {
        if (!$this->failed) {
            return [];
        }

        $failedRules = collect($this->validator->failed())
            ->map(function ($details) {
                return collect($details)->reduce(function ($aggregateRule, $constraints, $ruleName) {
                    $failedRule = Str::lower($ruleName);

                    if (count($constraints)) {
                        $failedRule .= ':'.implode(',', $constraints);
                    }

                    return $aggregateRule.$failedRule;
                });
            });

        return $failedRules;
    }

    private function getValidationMessages($rule = null)
    {
        $messages = $this->validator->messages()->getMessages();
        if ($rule) {
            return $messages[$rule] ?? [];
        }

        return Arr::flatten($messages);
    }
}

ValidatesRequests.php

<?php

namespace Tests;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Routing\Route;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request as SymfonyRequest;

trait ValidatesRequests
{
    protected function createRequest(string $requestClass, $headers = [])
    {
        $symfonyRequest = SymfonyRequest::create(
            $this->prepareUrlForRequest('/test/route'),
            'POST',
            [],
            $this->prepareCookiesForRequest(),
            [],
            array_replace($this->serverVariables, $this->transformHeadersToServerVars($headers))
        );

        $formRequest = FormRequest::createFrom(
            Request::createFromBase($symfonyRequest),
            new $requestClass
        )->setContainer($this->app);

        $route = new Route('POST', '/test/route', fn() => null);
        $route->parameters = [];
        $formRequest->setRouteResolver(fn() => $route);

        return new TestFormRequest($formRequest);
    }
}

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