Reading lines in behat scenario and store the data

01/10/2015 - BEHAT

You can create lines of data in behat scenario and read them line by line to process the data as you wish.


Scenario


Feature: Test

  Scenario: I read lines
    Given I have user below:
      | id   | 1       |
      | name | inanzzz |
      | dob  | 1907    |

FeatureContext


use Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode;

class FeatureContext extends MinkContext
{
    /**
     * @param TableNode $tableNode
     *
     * @Given /^I have user below:$/
     */
    public function iHaveUserBelow(TableNode $tableNode)
    {
        $user = [];
        foreach ($tableNode->getRowsHash() as $key => $value) {
            $user[$key] = $value;
        }
        print_r($user);
    }
}

Output


Feature: Test

  Scenario: I read lines
Array
(
    [id] => 1
    [name] => inanzzz
    [dob] => 1907
)
    Given I have user below:
      | id   | 1       |
      | name | inanzzz |
      | dob  | 1907    |

1 scenario (1 passed)
1 steps (5 passed)
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