seeElement finds a field but fillField doesn't

[vjandrea]

Acceptance test for my Laravel4 application, i tried using css selectors:

* I expect to see the form field
* I see element "input[name=contact_name]"
* I am going to fill the contact form
* I fill field "input[name=contact_name]","Test sender"
 ERROR 

1) Failed to send a message with the contact form while i'm not logged in in SendMessageFromContactFormWhenNotLoggedInCept.php
Sorry, I couldn't fill field "input[name=contact_name]","Test sender":
InvalidArgumentException: Unreachable field "contact_name"

Scenario Steps:
8. I fill field "input[name=contact_name]","Test sender"
7. I am going to fill the contact form
6. I see element "input[name=contact_name]"
5. I expect to see the form field

  [InvalidArgumentException] Unreachable field "contact_name"  

and using ids:

* I expect to see the form field
* I see element "#contact_name"
* I am going to fill the contact form
* I fill field "#contact_name","Test sender"
 ERROR 

1) Failed to send a message with the contact form while i'm not logged in in SendMessageFromContactFormWhenNotLoggedInCept.php
Sorry, I couldn't fill field "#contact_name","Test sender":
InvalidArgumentException: Unreachable field "contact_name"

Scenario Steps:
8. I fill field "#contact_name","Test sender"
7. I am going to fill the contact form
6. I see element "#contact_name"
5. I expect to see the form field

  [InvalidArgumentException] Unreachable field "contact_name" 

The modules i'm using are PHPBrowser, WebHelper, Laravel4, TestHelper

If you need more details please let me know.

[DavertMik]

Yep. I need actual HTML
Probably the HTML field might be disabled or is out of form.
You can fill only fields that belong to form. In other way PhpBrowser or Laravel4 module has no idea how to send them

[vjandrea]

Here's the dump generated by Codeception: http://pastebin.com/VYXyLJvz
The code validates correctly as HTML5, there are 2 minor warnings. The position of <input> fields is inside a <form>, and they're not disabled.

[DavertMik]

Looks ok. So I can't get a clue what might be wrong. Which exact module are you using? PhpBrowser or Laravel or WebDriver? You know, they conflict and override each other

[vjandrea]

You're right, i forgot to specify it, i have the problem with Laravel4 module, while with PHPBrowser it works correctly. The problem is that i need Laravel4 to complete some tests, i will dig in the documentation to see if there's a way to enable/disable a module at runtime. At the same time PHPBrowser makes some mess with my database, so even if i clone a backup did just after running a migration+seed, it looks like it's reading my production db instead of the testing db.

[tiger-seo]

Afaik, there is no way you can enable or disable module at runtime

[DavertMik]

@vjandrea I fixed something really similar in 1.8.2.
Please, can you confirm that issue still here?

[vjandrea]

@DavertMik after upgrading to 1.8.2 the issue has gone.