# QueryContentContains Assertion fails with "An unexpected failure occured"
**URL:** https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/querycontentcontains-assertion-fails-with-an-unexpected-failure-occured/2397
**Category:** Components & MVC
**Tags:** laminas-test
**Created:** [July 7, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/querycontentcontains-assertion-fails-with-an-unexpected-failure-occured/2397 "2021-07-07T09:08:33Z")
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### Author:  [@makxk](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/makxk)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/querycontentcontains-assertion-fails-with-an-unexpected-failure-occured/2397/1 "2021-07-07T09:08:33Z")
Hello everyone!
I’ve been trying to write a test case for an application, which displays a login prompt on its indexAction.
The goal of this test case is to succeed when the account is not found. I am testing for an error message that’s there when I do it manually.
Here’s the code:
```auto
public function testIndexActionDisplaysErrorsWhenCredentialsInvalid(){
$postData = [
'username' => 'foo',
'password' => 'bar'
];
$this->dispatch('/', 'POST', $postData);
$this->assertResponseStatusCode(200);
$this->assertModuleName('application');
$this->assertControllerName(IndexController::class); // as specified in router's controller name alias
$this->assertControllerClass('IndexController');
$this->assertMatchedRouteName('home');
$this->assertQueryContentContains('.container #application .text-danger', 'An unexpected failure occured');
}
```
This test case fails with
```auto
1) ApplicationTest\Controller\IndexControllerTest::testIndexActionDisplaysErrorsWhenCredentialsInvalid
Failed asserting node denoted by .container #application .text-danger CONTAINS content "Account not found", Contents: [An unexpected failure occurred]
C:\Users\js\Documents\Projekte\Management\vendor\laminas\laminas-test\src\PHPUnit\Controller\AbstractHttpControllerTestCase.php:776
C:\Users\js\Documents\Projekte\Management\vendor\laminas\laminas-test\src\PHPUnit\Controller\AbstractHttpControllerTestCase.php:793
C:\Users\js\Documents\Projekte\Management\module\Application\test\Controller\IndexControllerTest.php:51
FAILURES!
```
The twist is: Even when I assert that the content of the node is “An unexpected failure occured”, it still fails:
```auto
There was 1 failure:
1) ApplicationTest\Controller\IndexControllerTest::testIndexActionDisplaysErrorsWhenCredentialsInvalid
Failed asserting node denoted by .container #application .text-danger CONTAINS content "An unexpected failure occured", Contents: [An unexpected failure occurred]
C:\Users\js\Documents\Projekte\Management\vendor\laminas\laminas-test\src\PHPUnit\Controller\AbstractHttpControllerTestCase.php:776
C:\Users\js\Documents\Projekte\Management\vendor\laminas\laminas-test\src\PHPUnit\Controller\AbstractHttpControllerTestCase.php:793
C:\Users\js\Documents\Projekte\Management\module\Application\test\Controller\IndexControllerTest.php:51
FAILURES!
Tests: 1, Assertions: 7, Failures: 1.
```
The page itself is looking like this:
I already checked the selector for the element, so I am pretty certain that this is not the culprit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
---
### Author:  [@froschdesign](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/froschdesign)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/querycontentcontains-assertion-fails-with-an-unexpected-failure-occured/2397/2 "2021-07-07T09:25:49Z")
> [@makxk](#):
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Check the content itself with `$this->getResponse()->getContent()` if the expected element is present.
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### Author:  [@makxk](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/makxk)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/querycontentcontains-assertion-fails-with-an-unexpected-failure-occured/2397/3 "2021-07-07T09:31:37Z")
I see. I am getting this HTML back (shortened it before and after the section):
```auto