Keep getting 'You have requested a non-existent service "test.client"' in Symfony2 Beta3

Question

I'm trying to setup a unit test but whenever I run "phpunit -c app" I get this error:

Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\ServiceNotFoundException: You have requested a non-existent service "test.client".

The code in my test case is just:

public function testNonAuthenticatedPathsIndex()
{
    $client = $this->createClient();
}

If I don't make the call to createClient everything runs correctly. I've checked AppKernel.php to make sure the FrameworkBundle (I believe that's where this service is defined) is definitely still in there and it is.

I'm a bit confused as to what might be causing this as I've managed to do this kind of thing before.

Thanks for any help.

score 84 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 12 '14 at 13:07

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Have you enabled the framework.test option in config_test.yml?

framework:
  test: ~

edited Dec 12 '14 at 13:07

A.L

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answered Jun 02 '11 at 17:44

Ajb

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That's fixed it. Annoyed I didn't spot that myself so thanks for the help. – pogo Jun 03 '11 at 10:34
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+1 thanks, where is this in the docs? I must have missed it. – wesside Sep 30 '13 at 21:29
This answer is still valid in 2014 with Symfony 2.3.22. Thanks! – A.L Nov 21 '14 at 10:07
@wesside : it's displayed on [this page](http://symfony.com/doc/current/reference/configuration/framework.html#test) but not in the linked page. – A.L Nov 21 '14 at 10:13
Still valid with symfony 2.7 – Med Jun 09 '15 at 15:08
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Still valid with symfony 2.8.2! – stuzzo Feb 08 '16 at 12:28
Still valid with Symfony 3.0.6 – Sohrab May 17 '16 at 14:21
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`framework.test` is set by default in 3.4 but error is still there – Pierre de LESPINAY Jan 22 '18 at 12:54

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '18 at 07:22

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In phpunit.xml you should have env variable like:

<env name="APP_ENV" value="test"/>

answered Mar 09 '18 at 07:22

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matiux · Answer 3 · 2017-12-07T09:57:08.807

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I had this problem with symfony version 3.3.13.

The config_test.yml file was fine, but I did the same mistake.

I solved adding the <server name ="APP_ENV" value="test" /> option under php in the phpunit.xml file

edited Dec 07 '17 at 09:57

answered Nov 19 '17 at 11:37

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This does not fix it in my 3.4.1 – Pierre de LESPINAY Jan 22 '18 at 13:07

drzraf · Answer 4 · 2021-05-20T00:13:14.903

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composer require symfony/browser-kit

The definition test.client depends upon AbstractBrowser::class presence

edited May 20 '21 at 00:13

answered Apr 30 '21 at 17:19

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 08 '18 at 11:24

I had same issue with remote builds of my project. This issue was connected with empty symfony.lock file in the root of my project. This file is for preventing symfony recipes execution twice. But my symfony.lock was corrupted and empty so framework-bundle executed it's recipe and replaced my APP_ENV variable in phpunit.xml.dist from test to dev. The reason why it happened was repositories node in composer.json (https://github.com/symfony/flex/issues/347)

I'm fixing this situation by adding dependencies in symfony.lock by my hands

Keep getting 'You have requested a non-existent service "test.client"' in Symfony2 Beta3

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