Laravel 5.1 Eloquent isFillable() discrepancy in unit tests

Question

Is there a reason why Eloquent ignores the fillable settings for a model when used in a unit test?

In a non test situation, I get the following output, which is correct, since the model only allows certain fillable fields:

$m = new Model();
dd($m->isFillable('nonexistent_field')); --> false

But if I do the same thing in a unit test:

$m = new Model();
dd($m->isFillable('nonexistent_field')); --> true

This is breaking all of my tests. How can I force Eloquent to respect the fillable rules I set for it so the unit tests actually match reality?

Answer 1

I was running into this as well. Apparently Laravel unguards models during unit tests so you have to reguard them with Eloquent::reguard(). I would put it in the setUp() method so it runs before every test.