---
title: "Testing — Package Toolkit for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Load your package’s migrations explicitly in its TestCase, then test config guards, macros and directives through the public API."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/package-toolkit-for-laravel/testing
language: en
---

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# Testing

Because migrations are publish-only, a package built on the toolkit must run its own migrations explicitly in its test suite — for example in an Orchestra Testbench TestCase:

```php
use Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase as Orchestra;

abstract class TestCase extends Orchestra
{
    protected function getPackageProviders($app): array
    {
        return [CommentsServiceProvider::class];
    }

    protected function defineDatabaseMigrations(): void
    {
        // Migrations are publish-only — the package's own suite loads them explicitly.
        $this->loadMigrationsFrom(__DIR__.'/../database/migrations');
    }
}
```

Register your provider there too, so the builder, macros and directives boot exactly as they do in a host application. Then assert through the public API — config guards throw, the LIKE macro treats wildcards literally, Blade conditionals render the right branch:

```php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
use RoundlyConsulting\PackageToolkit\Exceptions\InvalidConfigurationException;
use RoundlyConsulting\PackageToolkit\Support\Config;

it('rejects an out-of-range page size', function (): void {
    config()->set('comments.per_page', 500);

    Config::integer('comments.per_page', 20, min: 1, max: 100);
})->throws(InvalidConfigurationException::class, 'between 1 and 100');

it('treats user wildcards literally', function (): void {
    Comment::query()->create(['body' => 'hello world']);
    Comment::query()->create(['body' => 'he%lo there']);

    expect(Comment::query()->whereLikeEscaped('body', '%lo')->pluck('body')->all())
        ->toBe(['he%lo there']);
});

it('renders the else branch of the conditional directive', function (): void {
    $output = Blade::render('@commentsEnabled($flag) on @else off @endcommentsEnabled', ['flag' => false]);

    expect(trim($output))->toBe('off');
});
```

The toolkit’s own suite runs with composer test, against a fixture package that exercises every builder method and opt-in trait.

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