minor symfony#3592 Added a tip about hardcoding URLs in functional tests (javiereguiluz)

weaverryan · weaverryan · commit 6d1378e03e15 · 2014-03-08T12:15:03.000-06:00
This PR was merged into the 2.3 branch. Discussion ---------- Added a tip about hardcoding URLs in functional tests | Q | A | ------------- | --- | Doc fix? | no | New docs? | yes | Applies to | all | Fixed tickets | - Commits ------- b284e88 Fixed a minor typo 220e124 Added a tip about hardcoding URLS in functional tests
diff --git a/book/testing.rst b/book/testing.rst
@@ -320,6 +320,12 @@ into your Symfony2 application::
 The ``request()`` method takes the HTTP method and a URL as arguments and
 returns a ``Crawler`` instance.
 
+.. tip::
+
+    Hardcoding the request URLs is a best practice for functional tests. If the
+    test generates URLs using the Symfony router, it won't detect any change
+    made to the application URLs which may impact the end users.
+
 Use the Crawler to find DOM elements in the Response. These elements can then
 be used to click on links and submit forms::
 
