BaseWebTest.php

<?php

namespace Project\WebsiteBundle\Tests;


use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Client;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\WebTestCase;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\UsernamePasswordToken;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
use Symfony\Component\BrowserKit\Cookie;

abstract class ProjectWebTestCase extends WebTestCase {

	/*
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	protected static function createClient(array $options = array(), array $server = array())
	{
		$client = parent::createClient($options, $server);

		if (empty($server)) {
			$client->setServerParameters(array('HTTP_HOST' => 'devel.mynatnet.com'));
		}

		return $client;
	}


	protected function loginAs(Client $client, $username) {
		$container = $client->getContainer();

		/* @var $em \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager */
		$em = $container->get('doctrine.orm.entity_manager');

		$user = $this->loadUser($em, $username);

		$session = $container->get('session');

		$options = $container->getParameter('session.storage.options');

		if (!$options || !isset($options['name'])) {
			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Missing session.storage.options#name");
		}

		// Since the namespace of the session changed in symfony 2.1, instanceof can be used to check the version.
		if ($session instanceof Session) {
			$session->setId(uniqid());
		}

		$client->getCookieJar()->set(new Cookie($options['name'], $session->getId()));

		$token = new UsernamePasswordToken($user, null, 'secured_area', $user->getRoles());
		$container->get('security.context')->setToken($token);

		$session->set('_security_' . 'secured_area', serialize($token));

		$session->save();

		return $client;
	}

	private function loadUser(EntityManager $em, $username) {
		return $em->getRepository('E:User')->loadUserByUsername($username);
	}
} 

ControllerTest.php

<?php

namespace Project\WebsiteBundle\Tests\Ticket;

use Project\WebsiteBundle\Tests\ProjectWebTestCase;

class TicketControllerTest extends ProjectWebTestCase {

	public function testViewTicket() {
		$client = $this->loginAs(static::createClient(), 'mnnsecondary');

		$client->followRedirects();

		$crawler = $client->request('GET', '/support/tickets/view/407097');

		$this->assertGreaterThan(
			0,
			$crawler->filter('html:contains("Ticket# 407097. 1 X CentOS 5 (32 bit) Operating System service was added.")')->count()
		);
	}
}