TestCase.php

<?php

namespace Tests;

use PHPUnit\Framework\Assert;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestResponse;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection as EloquentCollection;

abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
{
    use CreatesApplication;

    protected function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp();
        
        $this->withoutExceptionHandling();

        /**
         * Return data attributes passed from the controller to the view
         */
        TestResponse::macro('data', function($key) {
            if (array_key_exists($key, $this->original->getData())) {
                return $this->original->getData()[$key];
            }
            
            return null;
        });
        
        /**
         * Compare Eloquent collections
         */
        EloquentCollection::macro('assertEquals', function ($items) {
            Assert::assertCount($items->count(), $this);
            $this->zip($items)->each(function ($itemPair) {
                Assert::assertTrue($itemPair[0]->is($itemPair[1]));
            });
        });
    }
}