php - How can I persist data with Symfony2's session service during a functional test? -

i'm writing functional test action uses symfony2's session service fetch data. in test class's setup method, call $this->get('session')->set('foo', 'bar');. if output session data (using print_r($this->get('session')->all());) either in setup or in actual test method, foo => bar. if try outputting session data action being tested, empty array. know why happening, , how can prevent it?

i should note if call $_session['foo'] = 'bar' within setup() data persisted , can access action - problem seems local symfony2's session service.

firstly try using client's container (i'm assuming you're using webtestcase):

$client = static::createclient(); $container = $client->getcontainer(); 

if still doesn't work try saving session:

$session = $container->get('session'); $session->set('foo', 'bar'); $session->save(); 

i didn't try in functional tests that's how works in behat steps.