Laravel Lang, redirects in Pest tests not working right.

[Gregg Housh]

Environment

• Laravel-Lang Version: "mcamara/laravel-localization": "^1.8"
• Laravel Version: 10
• PHP Version: 8.2

Issue description

I am using Pest 2 for my testing framework. I have converted all of the default tests that come along with a Laravel 10 + Jetstream install. So everything is Pest now.

My site uses localization in the URL to handle the languages. This is part of my routes file:

Route::group(['prefix' => LaravelLocalization::setLocale(), 'middleware' => 'localeSessionRedirect'], function () { Route::get('/', function () { return view('welcome'); })->name('home');

There is a lot more to the routes file, but this shows that the localization is in place.

This works in normal usage. In the web browser if I go to /forgot-password, I end up at /en/forgot-password

In testing, I just end up at /en. It does not take me to /en/forgot-password.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Laravel 10 with Jetstream and Livewire
2. Configure database and migrate.
3. Install Laravel Lang
4. Install Pest
5. Convert tests to Pest
6. Add Laravel Lang to routing.
7. Edit PasswordResetTest.php changing assertStatus to assertRedirect calls.
8. Run tests

The specific test that I am currently using to attempt to solve this is the "reset password link screen can be rendered" test.

This is in the PasswordResetTest.php.

`test('reset password link screen can be rendered', function () {
if (! Features::enabled(Features::resetPasswords())) {
$this->markTestSkipped('Password updates are not enabled.');

    return;
}

$response = $this->get('/forgot-password');

$response->assertRedirect('/en/forgot-password');`

It fails like this:

FAILED Tests\Feature\PasswordResetTest > reset password link screen can be rendered
Failed asserting that two strings are equal.
-'http://domain.test/en/forgot-password'
+'http://domain.test/en'

I am expecting it to do what happens in the web browser, which is redirect to /en/forgot-password.

[Andrey Helldar]

Did you only install the laravel-lang/lang package or something else?

Laravel now does not contain translation files by default and if they are not explicitly published using the php artisan lang:publish built-in command or using our installer, then I can assume that the mcamara/laravel-localization package cannot detect it.

In addition, I will say that the Laravel Lang project does not provide routing capabilities. We only translate messages. The programmatic solution for changing the URL is mcamara/laravel-localization, which we have nothing to do with.

[Gregg Housh]

Thanks or the quick response!

No, I followed the instructions here: https://laravel-lang.com/installation/

So I have these installed:
laravel-lang/common
mcamara/laravel-localization

In my Kernel.php I have the LocaleSessionRedirect:
'localeSessionRedirect' => \Mcamara\LaravelLocalization\Middleware\LocaleSessionRedirect::class,

And when I use my code in a web browser, everything is working great.

But now it seems like I should be talking to mcamara/laravel-localization!

[Andrey Helldar]

If the Mcamara package really does not find localization files (if it does exactly that, which I cannot say), then try publishing them first by calling the console command php artisan lang:update

[Gregg Housh]

I call the lang:update in the update script section in composer.json. So that is happening. I think it's something about how that package handles routing when in tests, like everything doesnt get called. I am going to go look at it from that side now.

[Andrey Helldar]

So, everything turned out to be even simpler: the mcamara/laravel-localization package determines the list of available localizations from its own configuration file.

The "Laravel Lang: Publisher" project has a list of available localizations, but it does not meet the requirements of mcamara/laravel-localization. We have an enum class, and they have an associative array.

Thus, you need to manually activate the desired localizations through the settings file.

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