some test changes

tests/FlightTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+
+class FlightTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->addData('airline');
+        $this->addData('airports');
+    }
+
+    public function addFlight()
+    {
+        $flight = new App\Models\Flight;
+        $flight->airline_id = 1;
+        $flight->flight_number = 100;
+        $flight->dpt_airport_id = 1;
+        $flight->arr_airport_id = 2;
+        $flight->save();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * mainly to test the model relationships work correctly
+     */
+    public function testAddFlight()
+    {
+        $this->addFlight();
+
+        $flight = App\Models\Flight::where('flight_number', 100)->first();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($flight->dpt_airport->icao, 'KAUS');
+        $this->assertEquals($flight->arr_airport->icao, 'KJFK');
+    }
+}

tests/TestCase.php

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+
 abstract class TestCase extends Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase
 {
     /**
@@ -45,4 +47,35 @@ abstract class TestCase extends Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase
         $app = $this->createApplication();
         return $app->make('App\Repositories\\' . $repo_name);
     }
+
+    public function readYaml($file)
+    {
+        return Yaml::parse(file_get_contents(base_path('tests/data/' . $file . '.yml')));
+    }
+
+    public function addData($file)
+    {
+        $time_fields = ['created_at', 'updated_at'];
+        $curr_time = Carbon::now('UTC')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+
+        $yml = $this->readYaml($file);
+        foreach ($yml as $table => $rows) {
+            foreach ($rows as $row) {
+
+                # encrypt any password fields
+                if (array_key_exists('password', $row)) {
+                    $row['password'] = bcrypt($row['password']);
+                }
+
+                # if any time fields are == to "now", then insert the right time
+                foreach ($time_fields as $tf) {
+                    if (array_key_exists($tf, $row) && $row[$tf] === 'now') {
+                        $row[$tf] = $curr_time;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                DB::table($table)->insert($row);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

tests/data/airline.yml

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+airlines:
+  - id: 1
+    code: VMS
+    name: phpvms airlines
+    active: 1
+    created_at: now
+    updated_at: now

tests/data/airports.yml

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+airports:
+  - id: 1
+    icao: KAUS
+    name: Austin-Bergstrom
+    location: Austin, Texas, USA
+    lat: 30.1945278
+    lon: -97.6698889
+  - id: 2
+    icao: KJFK
+    name: John F Kennedy
+    location: New York, New York, USA
+    lat: 40.6399257
+    lon: -73.7786950
+  - id: 3
+    icao: EGLL
+    name: London Heathrow
+    location: London, England
+    lat: 51.4775
+    lon: -0.4614