how to switch to http authentication for your tests

Author: tvlooy

cookbook/testing/http_authentication.rst

@@ -18,3 +18,21 @@ You can also override it on a per request basis::
         'PHP_AUTH_USER' => 'username',
         'PHP_AUTH_PW'   => 'pa$$word',
     ));
+
+When your application is using a form_login with an entity provider, you can
+simplify your tests by allowing your test configuration to make use of HTTP
+authentication. This way you can use the above to authenticate and still use
+the entity provider::
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+	# app/config/config_test.yml
+        security:
+            firewalls:
+                secured_area:
+                    http_basic:
+
+You do have to know the password for your users as this stored encrypted in
+the database. You can use fixtures to load test users into your database.