simplified using the TestRequest class

You now can call get() or post() on it and give it all the wanted
input variables

_test/core/TestRequest.php

@@ -84,4 +84,69 @@ class TestRequest {
 
         return $response;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the virtual URI the request works against
+     *
+     * This parses the given URI and sets any contained GET variables
+     * but will not overwrite any previously set ones (eg. set via setGet()).
+     *
+     * It initializes the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] and $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']
+     * with all set GET variables.
+     *
+     * @param string $url  end URL to simulate, needs to start with /doku.php currently
+     */
+    public function setUri($uri){
+        if(substr($uri,0,9) != '/doku.php'){
+            throw new Exception("only '/doku.php' is supported currently");
+        }
+
+        $params = array();
+        list($uri, $query) = explode('?',$uri,2);
+        if($query) parse_str($query, $params);
+
+        $this->get  = array_merge($params, $this->get);
+        if(count($this->get)){
+            $query = '?'.http_build_query($this->get, '', '&');
+            $query = str_replace(
+                array('%3A', '%5B', '%5D'),
+                array(':', '[', ']'),
+                $query
+            );
+            $uri = $uri.$query;
+        }
+
+        $this->setServer('QUERY_STRING', $query);
+        $this->setServer('REQUEST_URI', $uri);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simulate a POST request with the given variables
+     *
+     * @param array $post  all the POST parameters to use
+     * @param string $url  end URL to simulate, needs to start with /doku.php currently
+     * @param return TestResponse
+     */
+    public function post($post=array(), $uri='/doku.php') {
+        $this->setUri($uri);
+        $this->post = array_merge($this->post, $post);
+        $this->setServer('REQUEST_METHOD', 'POST');
+        return $this->execute();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simulate a GET request with the given variables
+     *
+     * @param array $GET  all the POST parameters to use
+     * @param string $url  end URL to simulate, needs to start with /doku.php currently
+     * @param return TestResponse
+     */
+    public function get($get=array(), $uri='/doku.php') {
+        $this->get  = array_merge($this->get, $get);
+        $this->setUri($uri);
+        $this->setServer('REQUEST_METHOD', 'GET');
+        return $this->execute();
+    }
+
+
 }

_test/tests/test/basic.test.php

@@ -19,4 +19,87 @@ class InttestsBasicTest extends DokuWikiTest {
             'DokuWiki was not a word in the output'
         );
     }
+
+    function testPost() {
+        $request = new TestRequest();
+
+        $input = array(
+            'string' => 'A string',
+            'array'  => array(1, 2, 3),
+            'id'     => 'wiki:dokuwiki'
+        );
+
+        $response = $request->post($input);
+
+        // server var check
+        $this->assertEquals('POST',$request->getServer('REQUEST_METHOD'));
+        $this->assertEquals('',$request->getServer('QUERY_STRING'));
+        $this->assertEquals('/doku.php',$request->getServer('REQUEST_URI'));
+
+        // variable setup check
+        $this->assertEquals('A string', $request->getPost('string'));
+        $this->assertEquals(array(1, 2, 3), $request->getPost('array'));
+        $this->assertEquals('wiki:dokuwiki', $request->getPost('id'));
+
+        // output check
+        $this->assertTrue(strpos($response->getContent(), 'Andreas Gohr') >= 0);
+    }
+
+    function testPostGet() {
+        $request = new TestRequest();
+
+        $input = array(
+            'string' => 'A string',
+            'array'  => array(1, 2, 3),
+        );
+
+        $response = $request->post($input,'/doku.php?id=wiki:dokuwiki');
+
+        // server var check
+        $this->assertEquals('POST',$request->getServer('REQUEST_METHOD'));
+        $this->assertEquals('?id=wiki:dokuwiki',$request->getServer('QUERY_STRING'));
+        $this->assertEquals('/doku.php?id=wiki:dokuwiki',$request->getServer('REQUEST_URI'));
+
+        // variable setup check
+        $this->assertEquals('A string', $request->getPost('string'));
+        $this->assertEquals(array(1, 2, 3), $request->getPost('array'));
+        $this->assertEquals('wiki:dokuwiki', $request->getGet('id'));
+
+        // output check
+        $this->assertTrue(strpos($response->getContent(), 'Andreas Gohr') >= 0);
+    }
+
+    function testGet() {
+        $request = new TestRequest();
+
+        $input = array(
+            'string' => 'A string',
+            'array'  => array(1, 2, 3),
+            'test'   => 'bar'
+        );
+
+        $response = $request->get($input,'/doku.php?id=wiki:dokuwiki&test=foo');
+
+        // server var check
+        $this->assertEquals('GET',$request->getServer('REQUEST_METHOD'));
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '?id=wiki:dokuwiki&test=bar&string=A+string&array[0]=1&array[1]=2&array[2]=3',
+            $request->getServer('QUERY_STRING')
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '/doku.php?id=wiki:dokuwiki&test=bar&string=A+string&array[0]=1&array[1]=2&array[2]=3',
+            $request->getServer('REQUEST_URI')
+        );
+
+        // variable setup check
+        $this->assertEquals('A string', $request->getGet('string'));
+        $this->assertEquals(array(1, 2, 3), $request->getGet('array'));
+        $this->assertEquals('wiki:dokuwiki', $request->getGet('id'));
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $request->getGet('test'));
+
+        // output check
+        $this->assertTrue(strpos($response->getContent(), 'Andreas Gohr') >= 0);
+    }
+
+
 }