The extension increases feature test isolation by reloading ORM data fixtures between scenarios and features.

composer require "behat-extension/doctrine-data-fixtures-extension"

Activate extension in your behat.yml and define any fixtures to be loaded:

# behat.yml
default:
  # ...
  extensions:
    BehatExtension\DoctrineDataFixturesExtension\Extension:
      lifetime:    'feature'
      autoload:    true
      directories: ~
      fixtures:    ~

When lifetime is set to "feature" (or unspecified), data fixtures are reloaded between feature files. Alternately, when lifetime is set to "scenario", data fixtures are reloaded between scenarios (i.e., increased test isolation at the expense of increased run time).

When autoload is true, the extension will load the data fixtures for registered bundles. Please note that only fixtures stored in the folder /DataFixtures/ORM of the bundles are loaded. If you want to load fixtures tagged with doctrine.fixture.orm, you must enable the bundle BehatExtension\DoctrineDataFixturesExtension\Bundle\BehatDoctrineDataFixturesExtensionBundle in your test AppKernel class.

When fixtures is set, the DoctrineDataFixtures extension will load the specified fixture classes.

When directories is set, the DoctrineDataFixtures extension will load the data fixtures globed from the respective directories.

# behat.yml
default:
  # ...
  extensions:
    BehatExtension\DoctrineDataFixturesExtension\Extension:
      lifetime: 'feature'
      autoload: true
      directories:
        - '/project/src/AcmeAnalytics/Tests/DataFixtures/ORM'
      fixtures:
        - 'Acme\StoreBundle\DataFixture\ORM\Categories'
        - 'Acme\StoreBundle\DataFixture\ORM\Apps'
        - 'Acme\VendorBundle\DataFixture\ORM\Vendors'

To speed up the tests, a backup system is available. The whole database will be set in cache and reloaded when needed. You should periodically clear the cache as it does not detect changes to the data fixture contents because the hash is based on the collection of data fixture class names.

This feature is only available for the following SGDB: SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

It is enabled by default. To disable it, you just have to set use_backup: false in the extension configuration:

# behat.yml
default:
  # ...
  extensions:
    BehatExtension\DoctrineDataFixturesExtension\Extension:
      lifetime: 'feature'
      autoload: true
      use_backup: false

Github: https://github.com/BehatExtension/DoctrineDataFixturesExtension

Forked from https://github.com/vipsoft/DoctrineDataFixturesExtension

• Copyright (c) 2012 Anthon Pang.
• Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Florent Morselli.

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