Adding information to Behat output from custom context code

Question

I am trying to determine how I would add additional information to Behat's output (pretty, html, junit, etc) so I can have more contextual information for the test purposes.

Specifically I have some unique data that gets generated during some of the tests. I have been echoing it to the console. But that never ends up in any of the files that are generated in reports. I would like this information that I have been outputting to the console to end up in the reports. How would I do that from my FeatureContext.php custom steps?

Thanks, Patrick

Answer 1

If using behat 3.x just print, var_dump, var_export, etc in your code. It will be caught and printed from behat

Reference: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/issues/347