PHP Testing and Mocking

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1. PHP Testing and Mocking Some techniques and quirks. Farzad Ghanei
2. On Testing Tests Help to • keep the code base under control • have more modular and well structured code • new team members to be productive sooner • team members to stay productive
3. On Testing Writing tests is a necessity
4. • Test expected behaviors, focus on “what” than “how” • Treat tests as live documentation • Let the test describe the expected behavior • Fail the test first, then pass them On Writing Tests
5. On Mocking • Mocking helps to handle dependencies • Mocking helps tests be focused • Mocking can help tests to run faster by abstracting external resources
6. On Mocking • Mocking is a good technique • Beware of too much mocking
7. Some Testing Techniques • Use data providers • Setting expected exception before the call to tests • Anonymous function for complex param assertion (returnCallback()) ◦ with(‘p1’, ‘p2’) / withConsecutive([[‘p1’, ‘p2’], [‘p21’, ‘p22’]]) • Anonymous functions for complex expected returns (returnCallback()) ◦ $this->willReturn(‘foo’) / $this->will($this->return(‘foo’)) ◦ $this->will(returnArgument(0) / onConsecutiveCalls([‘r1’, ‘r2’]) / returnValueMap([‘p1’, ‘p2’, ‘r’]))
8. PHPUnit Mocking • Mock existing classes • Partial mocking • Expectations ◦ Call count ◦ Params • ...
9. Some PHPUnit Mocks Quirks • PHPUnit mocks and Hack • PHPUnit mocks in data providers
10. Let’s see some code
11. Mockery • Mock any class/function • Partial mocking • Expectations ◦ Call count ◦ Params • Integration with PHPUnit (test runner) • ...
12. Some Mockery Quirks • Integration with PHPUnit (test runner) • No call count, means no call is OK • Mocking not existing classes (prefer partial) • Mocking method calls in order ◦ Mocking method multiple times won’t work ◦ Can use callback function • Some equality assertions need explicit Hamcrest checks (like HHVM collections)
13. More code ...
14. • Make tests fail, then pass them • Use mocking when helps • Benefit from data providers • Exception assertion closest to expected place • Be aware of the quirks Summary