ReflectionException: Class config does not exist

[OwenMelbz]

Hi guys, recently upgraded a 5.3 project to 5.4 and all seemed good.

Today I started to implement Dusk however had hit an issue when running the example test

☁  footy-finance [5.4] ⚡ php artisan dusk
PHPUnit 6.0.0 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

E                                                                   1 / 1 (100%)

Time: 162 ms, Memory: 6.00MB

There was 1 error:

1) Tests\Browser\ExampleTest::testBasicExample
ReflectionException: Class config does not exist

/Users/owen/Sites/footy-finance/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php:681
/Users/owen/Sites/footy-finance/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php:565
/Users/owen/Sites/footy-finance/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php:105
/Users/owen/Sites/footy-finance/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php:263
/Users/owen/Sites/footy-finance/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/TestCase.php:203
/Users/owen/Sites/footy-finance/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/TestCase.php:40

I've had a look at line 40 of TestCase.php and its

public function baseUrl()
{
    return config('app.url');
}

So it does look like something to do with the global config helper anybody have any ideas?

I'm running

• PHP 7.0.14
• Laravel/Framework 5.4.8
• Laravel/Dusk 1.0.5
• PHPUnit 6.0

The full composer.lock can be seen https://gist.github.com/OwenMelbz/c05172b33f6eb4483e37a56469b53722

Fingers crossed you guys have some ideas!

Cheers :)

[thecrypticace]

I've noticed this too. Currently seeing if I can track down what change caused this. I thought it was the @before annotation on the method that calls ->baseUrl() but that has been like that for 2 months according to GitHub so I'm not sure what it is.

[thecrypticace]

PHPUnit 6.0 is the problem here. I upgraded to it too and methods annotated with @before get called before setUp.

cc @taylorotwell afaict, it seems like the solution here would be to do the same thing you did with the testing traits and call them explicitly during setUp. Thoughts? I'll open a PR if that is the route you would like to go.

[jaesung2061]

@thecrypticace PR would be awesome :)

[reganjohnson]

Subbed: Having the same issues with PHPUnit 6.0.

[thecrypticace]

If I have time this evening I'll investigate what it takes to make Dusk compatible with both. There'll definitely be challenges because PHPUnit 6 was a rather big BC break.

[jaesung2061]

@thecrypticace any luck?

[GertjanRoke]

Hello guys, can you give us an update on the progress till so far?

[reganjohnson]

Any update on this bug? Still affecting latest versions.

[vkulov]

Any workaround for this? Other than downgrading phpunit to 5.0

[tomfordweb]

Following for a fix for phpunit 6.0

[deleugpn]

Thanks @tomfordweb for bumping this.

[PortionLK]

I got this same issue, but not related to phpunit.
The issue was I added values containing spaces to my .env file.
If you have values contains spaces in your .env file, surround them with quotes and then it'll be fixed.

if you run php artisan clear-compiled while having this issue, it will tell the solution ;)

[moxx]

same here!

MAIL_NAME=company - service
#fix is
MAIL_NAME="company - service"

Spaces in .env, without quotes are not valide. But this error msg is confusing.

[SeinopSys]

I just ran into this as well, adding quotes fixed it. The error message really isn't helpful.

[khanhtran3005]

@moxx it worked for me.
Thanks!!

[spmsupun]

Had same problem and i've deleted bootstrap/cache/config.php and ran php artisan clear-compiled , now it's working fine

[crodas]

Do you have a setUp method? If so, be sure to call parent::setup() as the first statement in that function.

[pablorsk]

I was have the same problem. Solution:

Check your TestCase.php, content:

use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;

abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
{
    use CreatesApplication;
}

Off course, you need this file on the same folder CreatesApplication.php.

[sohaieb]

Hope that this can help you too

barryvdh/laravel-dompdf#192 (comment)

[EaseOnConsole]

go to the .env file. Make sure that the title contains no space or special character

[zouxiaozhu]

Do you have a setUp method? If so, be sure to call parent::setup() as the first statement in that function.

i got this problem, now reslove by add code parent::setUp()

[rahulniraula-zz]

saved my day after adding parent::setUp()

[jrbecart]

Sometime you will get this error if your test function run in a separate process.

/**
* @runInSeparateProcess
*/
public function testMyTest()
{
  // Your test
}

[rijalmohamad]

Had same problem and i've deleted bootstrap/cache/config.php and ran php artisan clear-compiled , now it's working fine

sangat bagus sekali

[Casmo]

Removing (any) dd() or dump() lines in the application fixed the issue for me.

[julian-sawicki-xxtract]

Do you have a setUp method? If so, be sure to call parent::setup() as the first statement in that function.

I just want to point out how that looks like in a source file.
Below you can see a situation which causes the ReflectionException.

class MyFirstTest extends TestCase
{
    
    public function setUp() {
        $resourceObject = new ResourceObjectMock;
    }
    
    /**
     * A basic test example.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testResource()
    {
        $this->assertTrue(true);
    }
} 

Below parent::setup(); is added to the setup method in the Test class.
This solution fixed the ReflectionException problem.

class MyFirstTest extends TestCase
{
    
    public function setUp() {
        parent::setup();
        $resourceObject = new ResourceObjectMock;
    }
    
    /**
     * A basic test example.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testResource()
    {
        $this->assertTrue(true);
    }
} 

[jv2222]

Just want to note that in Laravel 5.8.35 with PHPUnit 7.5.17 this works...

protected function setUp(): void
{
    parent::setUp();
    // Do something
}

protected function tearDown(): void
{
    // Do something
    parent::tearDown();
}

Note: it's critical to to run you code after parent::setUp(); and before parent::tearDown(); this was the only way I could get it to work.

[Mult1Hunter]

Also check if you accidentally extended wrong TestCase class with your test class.

[joelmellon]

Also check if you accidentally extended wrong TestCase class with your test class.

Laravel's Unit/ExampleTest.php extends PHPUnit's TestCase class which doesn't bootstrap the Laravel app obviously, so if you're expecting app functionality like config() you need to extend Tests\TestCase like Feature/ExampleTest.php does.

[mafudelaptu]

Also check if you accidentally extended wrong TestCase class with your test class.

Laravel's Unit/ExampleTest.php extends PHPUnit's TestCase class which doesn't bootstrap the Laravel app obviously, so if you're expecting app functionality like config() you need to extend Tests\TestCase like Feature/ExampleTest.php does.

Thanks!

[khanimranm]

@Casmo Thank You. Removing dump( ) and dd( ) in different files related to the test has helped me to resolve the problem.

[illusive-ch]

@Casmo Thank You. Removing dump( ) and dd( ) in different files related to the test has helped me to resolve the problem.

this fixed it for me

[crowdy]

I've experienced the same thing. my fix is

//use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase; // this alse causes ReflectionException: Class config does not exist
use Tests\TestCase; // this is the right one

[sizeg]

Sometime you will get this error if your test function run in a separate process.

Same for me

public function setUp()
{
    parent::setUp();

    \Laravel\Sanctum\Sanctum::actingAs($this->id);
}

public function testOne() // ← This test passed
{
    $this->assertTrue(true);
}

/**
 * @runInSeparateProcess
 */
public function testTwo() // ← This test failed
{
    $this->assertTrue(true);
}

The testTwo passed only if:

1. Run just it directly
2. The only test in class
3. Each test in class specified as @runInSeparateProcess

Error stack trace

Fatal error: Uncaught ReflectionException: Class config does not exist in /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php on line 879

Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException: Target class [config] does not exist. in /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php on line 879

Call Stack:
    0.0012     788920   1. {main}() Standard input code:0
    1.8993    8516808   2. require_once('/var/www/config/sanctum.php') Standard input code:677
    1.9060    8528864   3. Laravel\Sanctum\Sanctum::currentApplicationUrlWithPort() /var/www/config/sanctum.php:21
    1.9060    8528864   4. config($key = 'app.url', $default = ???) /var/www/vendor/laravel/sanctum/src/Sanctum.php:37
    1.9060    8528864   5. app($abstract = 'config', $parameters = ???) /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php:275
    1.9060    8528864   6. Illuminate\Foundation\Application->make($abstract = 'config', $parameters = []) /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php:119
    1.9060    8528864   7. Illuminate\Container\Container->make($abstract = 'config', $parameters = []) /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php:836
    1.9060    8528864   8. Illuminate\Foundation\Application->resolve($abstract = 'config', $parameters = [], $raiseEvents = ???) /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php:694
    1.9060    8528864   9. Illuminate\Container\Container->resolve($abstract = 'config', $parameters = [], $raiseEvents = TRUE) /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php:851
    1.9060    8529240  10. Illuminate\Container\Container->build($concrete = 'config') /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php:758