/**
* Creates a forum topic.
*
* @return string
* The title of the newly generated topic.
*/
protected function createForumTopics($count = 5)
{
$topics = array();
$date = new DrupalDateTime();
$date->modify('-24 hours');
for ($index = 0; $index < $count; $index++) {
// Generate a random subject/body.
$title = $this->randomMachineName(20);
$body = $this->randomMachineName(200);
// Forum posts are ordered by timestamp, so force a unique timestamp by
// changing the date.
$date->modify('+1 minute');
$edit = array('title[0][value]' => $title, 'body[0][value]' => $body, 'created[0][value][date]' => $date->format('Y-m-d'), 'created[0][value][time]' => $date->format('H:i:s'));
// Create the forum topic, preselecting the forum ID via a URL parameter.
$this->drupalPostForm('node/add/forum', $edit, t('Save and publish'), array('query' => array('forum_id' => 1)));
$topics[] = $title;
}
return $topics;
}
