friends-of-behat-symfony-extension/docs/03_mink_integration.md

Mink integration

SymfonyExtension provides an integration with Mink and defines a dedicated, isolated driver to use for Symfony application testing.

Installation

1. Require the packages needed for the driver using Composer:

composer require --dev behat/mink-extension behat/mink-browserkit-driver

2. Enable the bundled driver:

# behat.yml.dist / behat.yml

default:
    extensions:
        # ...
        Behat\MinkExtension:
            sessions:
                symfony:
                    symfony: ~

Usage

This integration provides two services to use inside Symfony container:

• behat.mink.default_session (autowired by \Behat\Mink\Session) - the default Mink session for the current scenario

• behat.mink.parameters (autoconfigured by $minkParameters) - an array (\ArrayAccess object) containing the configuration parameters of MinkExtension

Caveats

This driver behaviour differs from the one provided with Behat/Symfony2Extension, as it uses an isolated application kernel instance, so that services state changes within your contexts does not affect the driver results. With that limitation, changing the driver to a different one is seamless. For more information, look at this issue.