Codeception / Codeception/module-doctrine
Recommend to load fixtures in `function _before()` and set `cleanup: false`?
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Description
I'm observing that with `cleanup: true`, running external commands with `$I->runShellCommand('php bin/console ...');` isn't working. I'm guessing this is due to the transaction, which prevents external processes to "see" the database contents created/modified by the test. Can you confirm this?
If so, I would suggest to change the recommendation at https://codeception.com/docs/modules/Doctrine to `cleanup: false`, and show people how to load their fixtures in `function _before()`:
```php
$I->runShellCommand('php bin/console doctrine:fixtures:load --no-interaction --env=test');
```
IMO the currently recommended way to cleanup after each test doesn't work out, since for *some tests* it's necessary to disable the transaction (see above) - which ultimately leads to a mess.
So I'm figuring the best approach would be to just reload the fixtures before each test.
What do you think? How do you handle that?
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Start by reading the Doctrine module documentation at https://codeception.com/docs/modules/Doctrine and the issue's examples using cleanup, _before(), runShellCommand(), and doctrine:fixtures:load. Reproduce whether cleanup transactions hide test changes from external commands, then determine whether the documentation should recommend cleanup: false and fixture loading before each test.
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