How to execute methods before running tests?

Question

PHPUnit

I use dusk for testing. I need to execute a method before running the test. I tried calling the method in the constructor.

class browserTest extends DuskTestCase
{
    public function __construct($name = null, array $data = [], $dataName = '')
    {
        parent::__construct($name, $data, $dataName);
        $this->foo();
    }

    protected function foo()
    {
         //code
    }

But then it throws an error

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught RuntimeException: A facade root has not been set. in vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Facade.php:218

Answer 1

Public function setUp() or you can move it to the base class and extend tests from it

Answer 2

DuskTestCase also has a special prepare method to run before tests.
Well, in general, to fence some kind of logic and it’s not clear why such calls in tests are such a solution.
From the preparation for the test, there should be nothing but connecting to the database and rolling the migration.
If you need to do something, then do it in the tests themselves. Why not call this method in the test?