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Laravel Development 8 min read July 9, 2026

Laravel Testing Guide

Test Laravel apps with Pest/PHPUnit — feature tests, HTTP assertions, factories, and billing path coverage.

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Test revenue paths first — login, subscription upgrade, permission boundaries, and webhook handlers. Cosmetic UI tests come after.

  • Feature tests over unit tests for APIs
  • RefreshDatabase trait in CI
  • Stripe webhook tests with fake payloads
  • Policy tests for multi-tenant IDOR
  • Run tests on every PR

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Pest or PHPUnit?

Pest for readable syntax on greenfield. PHPUnit fine on legacy. Both run in Laravel CI.

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