Transactions for functional/integration tests.

test.php

<?php

class ExampleTest extends TestCase {

	public function setUp()
	{
		parent::setUp();
		
		DB::beginTransaction();
	}

	/**
	 * A basic functional test example.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function testShowsPosts()
	    {
	        $title = 'Yay Great Post';
	
	        // "Create" post
	        Post::create(compact('title'));
	
	        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', 'posts');
	
	        $this->assertEquals(
	            1,
	            count($crawler->filter("body:contains('{$title}')")),
	            "Expected to see the text '{$title}' within a body element."
	        );
	}

}