Building Testable PHP Applications Chris Hartjes Lone Star PHP - June 29, 2012 @grmpyprogrammer 

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WHY DO WE TEST? Because programming is hard 

WHY DO WE TEST? 

A HUGE TOPIC 

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PHPUnit PHP 5.3+ My way of doing things 

UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS Some of this will not make sense to you 

UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS Some applications will resist all attempts to test 

UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS Testing is good Testable applications are better 

SO WHAT CAN WE DO? 

IT’S ABOUT TOOLS 

IT’S ABOUT STRATEGIES 

AUTOMATION IS KEY 

AUTOMATION IS KEY “Write a script that will run all your tests before you go live” 

AUTOMATION IS KEY http://jenkins-ci.org http://travis-ci.org 

AUTOMATION “Tell your version control system to run your tests on commit or push” 

ARCHITECTURE “Simple systems can display complex behavior but complex systems can only display simple behavior” 

ARCHITECTURE “Inside every great large application are many great small applications” 

ARCHITECTURE “Your framework is a detail, not the core of your application.” -- Bob Martin 

LAW OF DEMETER “The Law of Demeter for functions states that any method of an object should call only methods belonging to itself, any parameters that were passed in to the method, any objects it created, and any directly held component objects. ” 

DEPENDENCY INJECTION “Pass objects functions, and methods other objects and function that are required for the task.” 

DEPENDENCY INJECTION getUri()] >= $_SESSION['user_level']); } } // Meanwhile inside your controller $acl = new \Grumpy\Acl(); if (!$acl->accessAllowed()) { \Grumpy\View::render('access_denied.tmpl'); } else { \Grumpy\View::render('show_stolen_cc.tmpl'); } 

DEPENDENCY INJECTION _request = $request; ! ! $this->_userLevel = $userLevel; ! } } // Meanwhile inside your controller $acl = new \Grumpy\Acl($this->request, $_SESSION['user_level']); if (!$acl->accessAllowed()) { ! \Grumpy\View::render('access_denied.tmpl'); } else { ! \Grumpy\View::render('show_stolen_cc.tmpl'); } 

DEPENDENCY INJECTION _request = $value; ! } ! public function setUserLevel($value) ! { ! ! $this->_userLevel = $value; ! } } // Meanwhile inside your controller... $acl = new \Grumpy\Acl(); $acl->setRequest($this->_request); $acl->setUserLevel($_SESSION['user_level']); if (!$acl->accessAllowed()) { ! \Grumpy\View::render('access_denied.tmpl'); } else { ! \Grumpy\View::render('show_stolen_cc.tmpl'); } 

MOCK OBJECTS “Mock objects allow you to test code in proper isolation” 

MOCK OBJECTS Database connections Web services File system operations 

HOW DO WE TEST THIS? _request = $request; ! ! $this->_userLevel = $userLevel; ! } } // Meanwhile inside your controller $acl = new \Grumpy\Acl($this->request, $_SESSION['user_level']); if (!$acl->accessAllowed()) { ! \Grumpy\View::render('access_denied.tmpl'); } else { ! \Grumpy\View::render('show_stolen_cc.tmpl'); } 

HOW DO WE TEST THIS? getMockBuilder('\Grumpy\Controller\Request') ! ! ! ->disableOriginalConstructor() ! ! ! ->getMock(); ! ! $mockController->expects($this->once)) ! ! ! ->method('getUri') ! ! ! ->will($this->returnValue('/account/purge')); ! ! $testUserLevel = 'admin'; ! ! $acl = new \Grumpy\Acl($mockRequest, $testUserLevel); ! ! $this->assertTrue( ! ! ! $acl->accessAllowed(), ! ! ! 'admin user should have access to purge accounts' ! ! ); ! } } 

HOW DO WE TEST THIS? “Protected and private methods and attributes are difficult to test properly” 

METHODS? Etsy’s PHPUnit Extensions https:/ /github.com/etsy/phpunit-extensions Uses annotations to flag methods you wish to test 

METHODS? class ObjectWithPrivate { ! private function myInaccessiblePrivateMethod() ! { ! ! return 'inaccessible'; ! } ! /** @accessibleForTesting */ ! private function myAccessiblePrivateMethod() { ! ! return 'accessible'; ! } } 

METHODS? class ObjectWithPrivateTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase { ! public $accessible; ! public function setUp() ! { ! ! parent::setUp(); ! ! $this->accessible = new PHPUnit_Extensions_Helper_AccessibleObject( ! ! ! new ObjectWithPrivate()); ! } ! public function testMyAccessiblePrivateMethod() ! { ! ! $this->assertEquals( ! ! ! 'accessible', ! ! ! $this->accessible->myAccessiblePrivateMethod() ! ! ); ! } } 

METHODS? PHP’S Reflection API http:/ /www.gpug.ca/2012/06/02/testing- protected-methods-with-phpunit/ 

METHODS? class Foo { ! protected $_message; ! protected function _bar() ! { ! ! $this->_message = 'WRITE TESTS OR I CUT YOU'; ! } } 

METHODS? class FooTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase() { ! public function testProtectedBar() ! { ! ! $testFoo = new Foo(); ! ! $expectedMessage = 'WRITE TESTS OR I CUT YOU'; ! ! $reflectedFoo = new \ReflectionMethod($testFoo, '_bar'); ! ! $reflectedFoo->setAccessible(true); ! ! $reflectedFoo->invoke($testFoo); ! ! $testMessage = \PHPUnit_Framework_Assert::readAttribute( ! ! ! $testFoo, ! ! ! '_message') ! ! $this->assertEquals( ! ! ! $expectedMessage, ! ! ! $testMessage, ! ! ! "Did not get expected message" ! ! ); ! } } 

ATTRIBUTES? PHP’S Reflection API PHPUnit lets you check attribute values but not set them 

HOW DO YOU TEST THIS? “If your unit test actually uses the database, you are doing it wrong” 

HOW DO YOU TEST THIS? class Bar { ! public function getBazById($id) ! { ! ! $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM baz WHERE id = :bazId"); ! ! $this->db->bind('bazId', $id); ! ! $results = $this->db->execute(); ! ! $bazList = array(); ! ! if (count($results) > 0) { ! ! ! foreach ($results as $result) { ! ! ! ! $bazList[] = $result; ! ! ! } ! ! } ! ! return $bazList; ! } } 

HOW DO YOU TEST THIS? class BarTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase { ! public function testGetBazById() ! { ! ! $bazId = 666; ! ! $expectedResults= array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5); ! ! $mockDb = $this->getMockBuilder('\Grumpy\Db') ! ! ! ->disableOriginalConstructor() ! ! ! ->setMethods(array('query', 'execute', 'bind')) ! ! ! ->getMock(); ! ! $mockDb->expects($this->once()) ! ! ! ->method('query'); ! ! $mockDb->expects($this->once()) ! ! ! ->method('bind'); ! ! $mockDb->expects($this->once()) ! ! ! ->method('execute') ! ! ! ->will($this->returnValue($testResults)); ! ! $testBar = new Bar(); ! ! $testBar->setDb($mockDb); ! ! $testResults = $testBar->getBazById($bazId); ! ! $this->assertEquals( ! ! ! $expectedResults, ! ! ! $testResults, ! ! ! 'Did not get expected baz result set' ! ! ); ! } } 

HOW DO YOU TEST THIS? “API calls should be done via wrapper methods” 

HOW DO YOU TEST THIS? _call('/api/bands', $this->_apiKey); ! } } class HipsterApiWrapper { ! public function __construct($hipsterApi) ! { ! ! $this->_hipsterApi = $hipsterApi; ! } ! public function getBands() ! { ! ! return $this->_hipsterApi->getBands(); ! } } 

HOW DO WE TEST THIS? class HipsterApiTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase { ! public function testGetBands() ! { ! ! $hipsterApiData = "[{'id': 17, 'Anonymous'}, {'id': 93, 'HipStaar'}]"; ! ! $mockHipsterApi = $this->getMockBuilder('HipsterApi') ! ! ! ->disableOriginalConstructor() ! ! ! ->getMock(); ! ! $mockHipsterApi->expects($this->once()) ! ! ! ->with('getBands') ! ! ! ->will($this->returnValue($hipsterApiData)); ! ! $expectedData = json_decode($hipsterApiData); ! ! $hipsterApiWrapper = new HipsterApiWrapper($mockHipsterApi); ! ! $testData = $hipsterApiWrapper->getBands(); ! ! ! ! ! $this->assertEquals( ! ! ! $expectedData, ! ! ! $testData, ! ! ! 'Did not get expected getBands() result from HipsterApi' ! ! ); ! } } 

ENVIRONMENTS “Your app shouldn’t care what environment it runs in.” 

ENVIRONMENTS “Keep config files for each environment under version control” https:/ /github.com/flogic/ whiskey_disk 

RESOURCES PHPUnit http:/ /phpunit.de 

RESOURCES Behat http:/ /behat.org 

RESOURCES The people sitting next to you 

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