I am learning to use Codeception. In the Writing a Sample Scenario documentation, one mentions a $scenario variable.
Say I implement a MyAcceptanceTester class, is this some kind of parameters variable I can use to control the behavior of my Actor? Or is this a reserved variable in the Codeception paradigm? If so, how does it work?
My testing need is the following: I need to run the same sequence of actions on several domain names. It's a case where one domain name is used per language, but all code is in the same code base and is delivered by the same Apache server. Each domain may have its own PHP code, but also shares common code with other domains. Hence, Codeception testing code will be located in the unique code base.
I was thinking about passing each URL/URI to test in MyAcceptanceTester via the $scenario variable. Is this the right way to proceed? Or should I subclass MyAcceptanceTester for each domain, because $scenario is reserved?
The $scenario variable on your *Cept.php file actually an variable assigned to construct the AcceptanceTester class. To inspect how it's work you may open AcceptanceTester class file in test/_support/AcceptanceTester.php. If you see AcceptanceTester class is extended from Codeception\Actor class. Follow this source to read how $scenario variable used by the Actor.
About your case.
I need to run the same sequence of actions on several domain names.
You can implement a technic called StepObject (documentation). So the test for each website will extend from StepObjet that you recently created.
Hope it helps.