Behat Mink Selenium WebDriver spin() helper function implementation. Checks if XPath, CSS element exists on the page defined number of times/seconds.

FeatureContext.php

/**
 * Wait for function return true, trying to execute it number of times
 * @param $lambda
 * @param int $tries
 * @return bool
 * @throws Exception
 */
public function spin($lambda, $tries = 60)
{
    for ($i = 0; $i < $tries; $i++) {
        try {
            $lambda();
            sleep(1);
            return;
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            sleep(1);
        }
        sleep(1);
    }

    $backtrace = debug_backtrace();

    throw new Exception(
        "Timeout thrown by " . $backtrace[1]['class'] . "::" . $backtrace[1]['function'] . "()\n" .
        $backtrace[1]['file'] . ", line " . $backtrace[1]['line']
    );
}
    
// Usage

/**
 * @When I click :key element
 * @param string $key
 */
public function iClickElement($key)
{
    // Take XPath, CSS value by key from you key-value store
    $this->spin(function () {
        $this->getSession()->getPage()->find($this->locatorType, $this->locatorValue);
        // or $this->assertSession()->elementExists($this->locatorType, $this->locatorValue);
    });
    $this->element = $this->getSession()->getPage()->find($this->locatorType, $this->locatorValue);
    $this->element->click();
}