Test setup for Symfony actions

_goodEvening.php

  <span>
    <?php echo "Good evening, ".$name?>
  </span> 

actions.php

<?php

class myActions extends sfActions {

  public function initialize($context, $moduleName, $actionName) {
    parent::initialize($context, $moduleName, $actionName);
  }

  public function executeHelloWorld(sfWebRequest $request) {
    $this->helloMessage = "Hello ".$request->getParameter('name');
  }
  
  public function executeGoodEvening(sfWebRequest $request) {
    sfContext::getInstance()->getConfiguration()->loadHelpers('Partial');
    $greetingParameters = 
      array('name' => $request->getParameter('name'));
    return $this->renderText(
      get_partial('example/goodEvening', $greetingParameters));
  }

}

ActionTest.php

<?php
class ActionTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

  protected $action;  
  
  public function setUp()  {
    $debug = true;
    $configuration = ProjectConfiguration::
      getApplicationConfiguration('frontend', 'test', $debug);
    $sfContext = sfContext::createInstance($configuration);
    $this->action = new myActions($sfContext, null, null);
  }

  /** @test */
  public function iCanTestNormalActionsThroughTheVarHolder()  {
    $request = new sfWebRequest(new sfEventDispatcher(), 
      array('name' => 'Brian'));
    $this->action->executeHelloWorld($request);
    assertThat($this->action->getVar('helloMessage'), 
      equalTo('Hello Brian'));
  }
  
  /** @test */
  public function iCanTestAjaxActionsByTheReturnValue()  {
    $request = new sfWebRequest(new sfEventDispatcher(), 
      array('name' => 'John'));
    $this->action->executeGoodEvening($request);
    $eveningGreeting = $this->action->
      getResponse()->getContent();
    assertThat($eveningGreeting, 
      containsString('Good evening, John'));
  }

}