Laravel FeatureContext for testing with Behat (use this to extend your FeatureContext class instead of Mink)

LaravelContext.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\ApplicationTrait;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\AssertionsTrait;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\CrawlerTrait;

class LaravelContext extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    use ApplicationTrait, AssertionsTrait, CrawlerTrait;

    /**
     * The base URL to use while testing the application.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $baseUrl = 'http://localhost';

    /**
     * The callbacks that should be run before the application is destroyed.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $beforeApplicationDestroyedCallbacks = [];

    /**
     * @BeforeScenario
     */
    public function setUp()
    {
        if (!$this->app) {
            $this->refreshApplication();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates the application.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Foundation\Application
     */
    public function createApplication()
    {
        // APP_ENV=testing set by ApplicationTrait
        putenv('DB_CONNECTION=test');
        putenv('CACHE_DRIVER=array');
        putenv('SESSION_DRIVER=array');
        putenv('QUEUE_DRIVER=sync');

        $app = require __DIR__ . '/../../bootstrap/app.php';

        $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class)->bootstrap();

        return $app;
    }

    /**
     * @AfterScenario
     */
    public function tearDown()
    {
        if (class_exists('Mockery')) {
            Mockery::close();
        }

        if ($this->app) {
            foreach ($this->beforeApplicationDestroyedCallbacks as $callback) {
                call_user_func($callback);
            }

            $this->app->flush();

            $this->app = null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Register a callback to be run before the application is destroyed.
     *
     * @param  callable  $callback
     * @return void
     */
    protected function beforeApplicationDestroyed(callable $callback)
    {
        $this->beforeApplicationDestroyedCallbacks[] = $callback;
    }
}