Codeception helper for Laravel3 integration

LaravelHelper.php

<?php
namespace Codeception\Module;

use Codeception\Util\Framework;
use Codeception\TestCase;
use Codeception\Util\Connector\Universal;
use Codeception\Configuration;

use Symfony\Component\BrowserKit\Response;
use Laravel\Routing\Router;
use Laravel\Section;
use HMVC, URI;

class LaravelHelper extends Framework
{
    protected $requiredFields = array(
        'environment',
    );

    public function _initialize()
    {
        $this->setPaths();
    }


    // HOOK: before test
    public function _before(\Codeception\TestCase $test)
    {
        $this->client = new LaravelConnector();
        $this->client->setEnvironment($this->config['environment']);
        $this->client->setIndex(Configuration::projectDir().'content/index.php');
    }

    public function setPaths()
    {
        $project_root = Configuration::projectDir().'platform/';

        require_once $project_root.'paths.php';
        set_path('app', $project_root.'application'.DS);
        set_path('bundle', $project_root.'bundles'.DS);
        set_path('storage', $project_root.'storage'.DS);
    }
}


class LaravelConnector extends Universal {

    /**
     * Check is this first time request is made
     * If this is first time we need to load Framework
     * @var bool
     */
    public  static $is_first_call = true;

    /**
     * Laravel environment
     * @var
     */
    private $environment = '';

    /**
     * @param mixed $environment
     */
    public function setEnvironment($environment)
    {
        $this->environment = $environment;
    }


    /**
     * Request action is made each time Codeception clik on link,
     * or change page with $I->amOnPage('/contact');
     *
     * @param object $request
     * @return Response
     */
    public function doRequest($request)
    {
        $_COOKIE = $request->getCookies();
        $_SERVER = $request->getServer();
        $_FILES = $request->getFiles();

        $uri = strtolower(str_replace('http://localhost','',$request->getUri()));
        $uri = str_replace('http://yoursite.com/', '', $uri);

        if (strtoupper($request->getMethod()) == 'GET') {
            $_GET = $request->getParameters();
        } else {
            $_POST = $request->getParameters();
        }
        $_REQUEST = $request->getParameters();

        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = $request->getMethod();
        $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $uri;

        if (static::$is_first_call)
        {
            $this->loadEnvironment();
            ob_start();
            include_once $this->index;
            ob_get_clean();
            static::$is_first_call = false;
        }

        $this->resetSectionsGlobally();
        $content = $this->callHmvc($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'], $uri);
        $this->resetSectionsGlobally();

        $headers['Content-type'] = isset($headers['Content-type']) ? $headers['Content-type']: "text/html; charset=UTF-8";
        $response = new Response($content, 200, $headers);
        return $response;
    }

    /**
     * Make Laravel HMVC call which returns Request content
     *
     * @param $method
     * @param $uri
     * @return string
     */
    private function callHmvc($method, $uri)
    {
        URI::$uri = $uri;
        $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $uri;
        $route = Router::route($method, $uri);
        $request = $route->call();
        return $request->render();
    }

    /**
     * We reset Section static properties because they can mess response content
     */
    private function resetSectionsGlobally()
    {
        Section::$sections = array();
        Section::$last = array();
    }


    /**
     * Load environment args and constants used by Laravel
     */
    private function loadEnvironment() {
        if ( ! defined('DS'))
        {
            define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
        }
        
        // Set more server variables if needed

        $_SERVER['argv'] = array('--env='.$this->environment);
    }
}