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CakePHP PHPUnit Fixtures Drop Database Table Every Time

I am trying to run a simple unit test on my model. The problem is every time I run the test, my database table is dropped. I have public $dropTables = false; Can anyone figure out why the merchant_rejects table is still being dropped? As you will see, I've tried many different methods in my fixture.

I guess I will have to step through the code and figure out when the table is dropped.

Here is the code for my fixture MovieStarFixture.php:

class MovieStarFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
//  NEW TRY from http://stackoverflow.com/a/2548908/55124
var $name = 'MovieStar';
var $fields = array(
    'id'       => array(
                      'type'=>'string',
                      'null' => false,
                      'default' => NULL,
                      'length' => 36,
                      'key' => 'primary'),

    'movie_id' => array(
                      'type'=>'string',
                      'null' => false,
                      'default' => NULL,
                      'length' => 36),

    'trace' => array('type'=>'string', 'null' => false, 'default' => NULL),
    'star_date' => array(
                       'type'=>'datetime',
                       'null' => false,
                       'default' => NULL),
    'movie_star_type_id' => array(
                       'type'=>'string',
                       'null' => false,
                       'default' => NULL,
                       'length' => 36),
    'code' => array('type'=>'text', 'null' => false, 'default' => NULL),
    'amount' => array('type'=>'float', 'null' => false, 'default' => 0),
    'movie_star_recurrance_id' => array(
                       'type'=>'string',
                       'null' => false,
                       'default' => NULL, 
                       'length' => 36),
    'open' => array('type'=>'boolean', 'null' => false, 'default' => '1'),
    'loss_axia' => array('type'=>'float', 'null' => true, 'default' => 0),
    'loss_mgr1' => array('type'=>'float', 'null' => true, 'default' => 0),
    'loss_mgr2' => array('type'=>'float', 'null' => true, 'default' => 0),
    'loss_rep' => array('type'=>'float', 'null' => true, 'default' => 0)
    );
var $records = array(
                array(
                'id' => '52ab9259-0070-4583-8d6f-4ac6c0a81cd7',
                'movie_id' => '440b7d13-5618-4560-be1d-93c5a2900a5e',
                'trace' => '3331313133423',
                'star_date' => '2013-12-13',
                'movie_star_type_id' => '64f7c386-6725-4c62-83ac-ae309bec8b10',
                 'code' => 'C01',
                'amount' => '222.0000',
                'movie_star_recurrance_id' => '',
                'open' => true,
                'loss_axia' => '23.0000',
                'loss_mgr1' => '0',
                'loss_mgr2' => '0',
                'loss_rep' => '0'
));

     //  THESE ARE ALL OF THE OTHER METHODS I HAVE TRIED
// Loading Fixture Methods / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /  

// #1 - Import model and records / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /  
//public $import = array('model' => 'MovieStar', 'records' => true);


// #2 - Use onlt table info - no model / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /  
// public $import = array('table' => 'movie_stars', 'records' => true);


// #3 - Specify Model and Create Records - Binds Data to Database/ / / / / 
/*
    public $records = array(
                 array(
        'MovieStar' => array(
        'id' => '52ab917d-549c-493b-9ef5-54a1c0a81cd7',
        'movie_id' => '440b7d13-5618-4560-be1d-93c5a2900a5e',
        'trace' => '3331313133',
        'star_date' => '2013-12-13',
        'movie_star_type_id' => '64f7c386-6725-4c62-83ac-ae309bec8b10',
        'code' => 'C01',
        'amount' => '122.0000',
        'movie_star_recurrance_id' => '',
        'open' => true,
        'loss_axia' => null,
        'loss_mgr1' => null,
        'loss_mgr2' => null,
        'loss_rep' => null
        )
    )
    );
public $import = array('model' => 'MovieStar', 'records' => false);
    */  

// #4 - Specify Model and Create Records in Init / / / / / / / / / / / / / 
// public $import = 'MovieStar';

/* public function init() {
        $records = array(
        array(
            'MovieStar' => array(
            'id' => '52ab917d-549c-493b-9ef5-54a1c0a81cd7',
            'movie_id' => '440b7d13-5618-4560-be1d-93c5a2900a5e',
            'trace' => '3331313133',
            'star_date' => '2013-12-13',
            'movie_star_type_id' => '64f7c386-6725-4c62-83ac-ae309bec8b10',
            'code' => 'C01',
            'amount' => '122.0000',
            'movie_star_recurrance_id' => '523525',
            'open' => true,
            'loss_axia' => null,
            'loss_mgr1' => null,
            'loss_mgr2' => null,
            'loss_rep' => null
              )
        )
        );
        parent::init();
}*/

// #5 - Try Model Setup / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 
// This drops all records after the first test
/*public $records = array(
     array(
        'MovieStar' => array(
        'id' => '52ab917d-549c-493b-9ef5-54a1c0a81cd7',
        'movie_id' => '440b7d13-5618-4560-be1d-93c5a2900a5e',
        'trace' => '3331313133',
        'star_date' => '2013-12-13',
        'movie_star_type_id' => '64f7c386-6725-4c62-83ac-ae309bec8b10',
        'code' => 'C01',
        'amount' => '122.0000',
        'movie_star_recurrance_id' => '',
        'open' => true,
        'loss_axia' => null,
        'loss_mgr1' => null,
        'loss_mgr2' => null,
        'loss_rep' => null
    )
       )
    );

   }*/

This is my MovieStarTest.php : 

<?php
App::uses('Controller', 'Controller');
App::uses('View', 'View');
App::uses('MovieStar', 'Model');

/**
 * MovieStar Test Case
 *
 */
class MovieStarTest extends CakeTestCase {

/**
 * Fixtures
 *
 * @var array
 */
public $fixtures = array(
    'app.movie_star'//,
    //'app.movie_star_recurrance',
    //'app.movie_star_type',
    //'app.movie',
    //'app.user',
    //'app.movie_star_line',
    //'app.movie_star_status'
);

public $autoFixtures = false;
public $dropTables = false; 

/**
 * setUp method
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function setUp() {
    parent::setUp();

    $this->MovieStar =& ClassRegistry::init('MovieStar');
    $this->MovieStar->useDbConfig = 'test';

    //$this->MovieStar->query("SELECT truncate_tables('axia')");

    // load data
    $this->loadFixtures('MovieStar');
}

/**
 * tearDown method
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function testFixtures() {
    $numberOfResults = $this->MovieStar->find('count');
    debug($numberOfResults);
    $resultGreaterThanMinimumValue = $numberOfResults > 2;
    $this->assertTrue($resultGreaterThanMinimumValue);
}

public function testFixtures2() {
    $numberOfResults = $this->MovieStar->find('count');
    debug('$numberOfResults');
    debug($numberOfResults);
    $resultIsZero = $numberOfResults == 0;
    $this->assertTrue($resultIsZero);
}

public function testFindStarsByMovieId() {
    $movieId = '440b7d13-5618-4560-be1d-93c5a2900a5e';
    $result = $this->MovieStar->findStarsByMovieId($movieId);
    $expected = array(
        array(
'MovieStar' => array(
    'id' => '52ab9259-0070-4583-8d6f-4ac6c0a81cd7',
    'movie_id' => '440b7d13-5618-4560-be1d-93c5a2900a5e',
    'trace' => '3331313133423',
    'star_date' => '2013-12-13',
    'movie_star_type_id' => '64f7c386-6725-4c62-83ac-ae309bec8b10',
    'code' => 'C01',
    'amount' => '222.0000',
    'movie_star_recurrance_id' => '',
    'open' => true,
    'loss_axia' => '23.0000',
    'loss_mgr1' => null,
    'loss_mgr2' => null,
    'loss_rep' => null
        )
    )
    );

    debug("Expected");
    debug($expected);
    debug("Result");
    debug($result);

    $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
}

public function tearDown() {
    //$this->MovieStar->deleteAll(true, true);
    //unset($this->MovieStar);

    parent::tearDown();
}

}

I am supposed to be able to not drop tables by adding 

 public $dropTables = false;

But I don't see the value of dropTables checked before this method in lib/Cake/TestSuite/Fixture/CakeFixtureManager.php enter image description here

Actually this would truncate the entire db. Where is my table being dropped?

Solution

  • It is default behaviour for CakePHP to create and drop all tables when testing.

    So that they are (re)created for each test, you have the following options:

    1. Create the schema and the records in the Fixture.
    2. Import the schema from the database and create the records in the Fixture.
    3. Import the schema and the records from the database.

    I use option no. 2 as I have too much data for CakePHP to import (and drop) for each test.

    public $import = array('model' => 'YourModel', 'records' => false, 'connection' => 'default');

    I specified the connection "default" so that CakePHP looks to my default connection to import schema information. I think the problem is that your $import variable is trying to import tables from the test connection. These will stop existing after the first run, when they are dropped.