Sending post parameter with Silex test framework - testing

Question

I have this problem when I try to do functional test on a form submission:
testSearch.php:
public function testFormSubmission()
{
$client = $this->createClient();
$client->request('POST', '/search', array('nome' => 'Jan'));
...
}
app.php:
$app->post('/search', function (Request $request) use ($app)
{
$post_data = $request->get('form');
...
});
... but $post_data is NULL.
If I do the submission using the submit button in the browser everything works well...

Answer 1

You are calling $request->get('form'), but you didn't set the form parameter to anything. Perhaps this is what you are looking for:
$client->request('POST', '/search', array('form' => array('nome' => 'Jan')));
If not, you'll need to provide more context.

Answer 2

$client->request('POST', '/search', array('nome' => 'Jan'));
the third argument of the request method seems to be for request parameters (?&nome=Jan )
you should use the crawler to simulate a form submission :
from the doc :
$form = $crawler->selectButton('submit')->form();
// set some values
$form['name'] = 'Lucas';
$form['form_name[subject]'] = 'Hey there!';
// submit the form
$crawler = $client->submit($form);
http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/testing.html
or use the sixth parameter to send a raw request body.