Laravel 4.2 Trait for working with Behat

LaravelTrait.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\ApplicationTrait;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\AssertionsTrait;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;

trait LaravelTrait
{

    /**
     * Responsible for providing a Laravel app instance.
     */
    use ApplicationTrait, AssertionsTrait, CrawlerTrait, PhpUnitAssertionsTrait;

    /**
     * The base URL to use while testing the application.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $baseUrl = 'http://localhost';

    protected $phpUnit;


    /**
     * @BeforeScenario
     */
    public function setUp()
    {
        if ( ! $this->app) {
            $this->refreshApplication();
        }

        // set the database connection to use for testing
        $this->app->config->set('database.default', 'sqlite');

    }


    /**
     * @BeforeScenario
     */
    public function setupDatabase()
    {
        $this->artisan('migrate');
    }


    /**
     * @AfterScenario
     */
    public function cleanDatabase()
    {
        $this->artisan('migrate:reset');
    }



    /**
     * Creates the application.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Foundation\Application
     */
    public function createApplication()
    {
        $app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/start.php';
        $app->boot();

        return $app;
    }

}