I am facing an issue while trying to test the exception handling in a Laravel controller that involves database interactions. Specifically, I want to test the catch block of an exception in the store method of my controller. The store method looks like this:
public function store(Request $request, Pipeline $pipeline)
{
try {
$request->validate([
"name" => ["required", "max:512"],
"stage" => ["required", "in:".Stage::toCSV()],
]);
// Database interaction here (e.g., MyModel::create())
return response()->json(["message" => trans("round.created")], 201);
} catch (Exception $e) {
Log::error('Exception in MyController@store: ' . $e->getMessage());
Log::error('Stack trace: ' . $e->getTraceAsString());
return redirect()->back()->banner(trans('error'));
}
}
this is what i tried so far
$this->mock(AppModelsMyModel::class, function ($mock) {
$mock->shouldReceive('create')
->once()
->andThrow(new Exception('Simulated exception'));
});
$this->mock(Exception::class, function ($mock) {
$mock->shouldReceive('getMessage')->andReturn('Mocked exception message');
});
Any suggestions or guidance on how to correctly mock the database interaction to simulate an exception and test the catch block would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!