Some new code for testing.

tests/TestCase.php

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 
 /**
  * Class TestCase
@@ -19,10 +20,61 @@ class TestCase extends Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase
      */
     public function createApplication()
     {
-        $app = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
+        $app = require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';
 
         $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class)->bootstrap();
 
         return $app;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the fixture, for example, opens a network connection.
+     * This method is called before a test is executed.
+     */
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        // if the database copy does not exist, call migrate.
+        $copy     = storage_path('database') . '/testing-copy.db';
+        $original = storage_path('database') . '/testing.db';
+
+        // move .env file over?
+        if (!file_exists($copy)) {
+            touch($original);
+            Artisan::call('migrate', ['--seed' => true]);
+            copy($original, $copy);
+        } else {
+            if (file_exists($copy)) {
+                copy($copy, $original);
+            }
+        }
+        // if the database copy does exists, copy back as original.
+
+        $this->session(
+            [
+                'start' => Carbon::now()->startOfMonth(),
+                'end'   => Carbon::now()->endOfMonth(),
+                'first' => Carbon::now()->startOfYear(),
+            ]
+        );
+
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tears down the fixture, for example, closes a network connection.
+     * This method is called after a test is executed.
+     */
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+
+        // delete copy original.
+        //$original = __DIR__.'/../storage/database/testing.db';
+        //unlink($original);
+
+    }
+
+
 }