Update Product: Test Validation Errors

Now that we have an edit form, let's test that the validation works correctly.

Laravel Code

Again, first, the working code.

php artisan make:request UpdateProductRequest

app/Http/Requests/UpdateProductRequest.php:

use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
 
class UpdateProductRequest extends FormRequest
{
    public function authorize(): bool
    {
        return true;
    }
 
    public function rules(): array
    {
        return [
            'name'  => 'required',
            'price' => 'required',
        ];
    }
}

app/Http/Controllers/ProductController.php:

use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use App\Http\Requests\UpdateProductRequest;
 
class ProductController extends Controller
{
    // ...
 
    public function update(UpdateProductRequest $request, Product $product): RedirectResponse
    {
        $product->update($request->validated());
 
        return redirect()->route('products.index');
    }
}

The Test

The PUT request is used for updating, so in the test...