Dealing with Security component in a CakePHP 2 test case

Question

I am trying to test a CakePHP action that deals with a signup form secured with the Security component. I have configured the component in a UsersController like th

Answer 1

The solution is to mock the Users controller and the User model and make expectations for the Security::_validatePost() method:

$this->Users = $this->generate(
  'Users',
  array(
    'components' => array(
      'Security' => array('_validatePost'),
    ),
    'models' => array('User' => true),
  )
);
$this->Users->Security->expects($this->any())
  ->method('_validatePost')
  ->will($this->returnValue(true));