laravel4cookbook

Controller Testing 353
1 public function store()
2 {
3 $validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), [
4 "title" => "required|max:50",
5 "subtitle" => "required|max:100",
6 "body" => "required",
7 "author" => "required|exists:authors"
8 ]);
9
10 if ($validator->passes()) {
11 Posts::create([
12 "title" => Input::get("title"),
13 "subtitle" => Input::get("subtitle"),
14 "body" => Input::get("body"),
15 "author_id" => Input::get("author"),
16 "slug" => Str::slug(Input::get("title"))
17 ]);
18
19 Mail::send("emails.post", Input::all(), function($email) {
20 $email
21 ->to("cgpitt@gmail.com", "Chris")
22 ->subject("New post");
23 });
24
25 return Redirect::route("posts.index");
26 }
27
28 return Redirect::back()
29 ->withErrors($validator)
30 ->withInput();
31 }
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This was extracted from app/controllers/PostController.php. I generated the file with the
controller:make command.
This is how we first learn to use MVC frameworks, but there comes a point where we are familiar
with how they work, and need to start writing tests. Testing this action would be a nightmare.
Fortunately, there are a few improvements we can make.