🔗 Freezing Time: Testing Laravel Temporary Storage URLs

In a previous article, Testing Temporary URLs in Laravel Storage, we explored two techniques to test Laravel's Storage::temporaryUrl() method. While Storage::fake doesn't natively support temporaryUrl, we demonstrated how to use mocking to simulate the behavior effectively. If you haven’t read it yet, consider starting there to understand the foundation of testing temporary URLs in Laravel.

In this continuation, we'll delve into how freezing time can make testing temporary URLs more reliable, especially for time-sensitive functionality. We'll leverage Laravel's built-in test helpers and Carbon's time manipulation features to solve potential inconsistencies in tests.