This is an example usage of the AtoumBundle RFC with an improved syntax matching atoum's standards. https://github.com/atoum/AtoumBundle/pull/8 https://github.com/atoum/AtoumBundle/issues/15

ControllerTest.php

<?php
namespace Acme\DemoBundle\Tests\Controller;

require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/autoload.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/atoum/atoum/scripts/runner.php';

use atoum\AtoumBundle\Test\Controller;

class DemoController extends Controller\ControllerTest
{
    public function testIndexAction()
    {
        $this
            ->request(array('debug' => true))
                ->GET('/demo')
                    ->hasStatus(301)
                ->GET('/demo/')
                    ->hasStatus(200)
                    ->hasCharset('UTF-8')
                    ->hasVersion('1.1')
        ;
    }

    public function testContactActionWithActualSyntax()
    {
        $this
            ->request(array('debug' => true))
                ->GET('/demo/contact' . uniqid())
                    ->hasStatus(404)
                    ->hasCharset('UTF-8')
                    ->hasVersion('1.1')
                ->POST('/demo/contact')
                    ->hasStatus(200)
		    ->hasHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=UTF-8')
                    ->crawler
                        ->hasElement('#contact_form')->exactly(1)
                            ->hasChild('input')->exactly(3)->end()
                            ->hasChild('input')
                                ->withAttribute('type', 'email')
                                ->withAttribute('name', 'contact[email]')
                            ->end()
                            ->hasChild('input[type=submit]')
                                ->withAttribute('value', 'Send')
                            ->end()
			    ->hasChild('textarea')->end()
			->end()
                        ->hasElement('li')
                            ->withContent('The CSRF token is invalid. Please try to resubmit the form.')
                            ->exactly(1)
                        ->end()
        ;
    }
    
    public function testContactActionWithProposedSyntax()
    {
        $this
            ->request(array('debug' => true))
                ->GET('/demo/contact' . uniqid())
                    ->hasStatus(404)
                    ->hasCharset('UTF-8')
                    ->hasVersion('1.1')
                ->POST('/demo/contact')
                    ->hasStatus(200)
		    ->hasHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=UTF-8')
                    ->crawler
                        ->hasElement('#contact_form')
                            ->hasChild('input')->exactly(3)
                            ->hasChild('textarea')->isEmpty() // Automatically fallback to ->atLeast(1)
                            ->hasChild('input[type=submit]')->exactly(1)
                            ->hasChild('input[type=email][name="email"contact[email]"]')->exactly(1)
                            ->hasChild('input[type=submit]')->exactly(1)
                            ->crawler // As we request the Crawler, ->atLeast(1) is implicitly called
                            	->hasElement('h1')->withContent('Contact')
                            	->crawler 
                                    ->hasElement('small')->withContent('Send us a message')
                            	->parent() // Close the crawler, setting the scope back to #contact_form children
                            ->parent() // Close the crawler, setting the scope back to #contact_form element
                            ->exactly(1) // Refers to #contact_form
                        ->hasElement('li')->exactly(1)
                            ->withContent('The CSRF token is invalid. Please try to resubmit the form.')  
                            ->exactly(1)
        ;
    }
}

This PR was merged (atoum/AtoumBundle#8).
This gist is now related to the discussion under issue #15 (atoum/AtoumBundle#15)