Questions tagged [phpunit]
PHPUnit is a unit testing framework that is written in php. It is based on the JUnit for Java framework
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Unit testing for non-stateless units - how?
Firstly let me say I have never written a unit test in my life. I am trying to get the hang of PHPUnit, and so far it's working pretty well for me so far as "stateless" functions (that ...
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Why is automatically generating automated tests frowned upon?
First, the most obvious grouse someone has against this I can think of is the intricacies of an actual method. It's not enough to merely ensure no errors are thrown. Functions usually contain ...
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Testing Queries Themselves with Test data is a Unit test or an Integration test?
In a php project that I maintain I have a database structure without migrations, hence no way to reproduce it or make on the fly a test database.
And the queries used to be performed on them are ...
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Bad Practice - having a SUT use a different execution path when in test mode?
I recently ran across some code in a public repo that I'd thought... just plain wrong. The first thing I noticed was
/**
* Sets a test mode status.
*
* @param boolean $mode Mode to set
*/
public ...
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Is bad idea to utilize helper functions on integration tests?
In my job I have a small disagreement on whether we should utilize helper functions for making datasets especially in laravel framework. A sample for the test is:
namespace Tests\MyAppTests;
use ...
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Unit tests involving library functions and objects
I am making a project using the Laravel framework.
I plan to create unit tests for my project. But I feel I don't really have an idea what to test because I mostly use library or framework functions. ...
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How to unit test database queries based on current date?
Is there a feasible way of testing SQL queries that contain things like CURRENT_DATE and NOW() in a unit test?
For example:
public function deletePastEntries(): bool {
$sql = "DELETE FROM queue ...
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How to write a unit test for a repository method that returns some data, where data can change over time?
I have some code that reads five numbers from a database:
class Repository extends DatabaseRepository
{
function getCoefficients(string $model)
{
return $this->getDatabaseLink()-&...
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How to approach writing a 'test' for a series of input->output sets, that will later be used to verify correctness of a new system?
I have a system ("an engine", which is a piece of code) that takes in several parameters returns some output. The input parameters are several distinct and constrained sets. I can enumerate all of ...
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Initialising variable within setUp() method or actual test method when changes are necessary?
I'm starting to wrap my head around PHPunit.
My questions is the following.
Whenever I use variables that do not change within my range of test methods I can initialize them within my setUp() ...
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Writing unit test cases are taking time, any advice?
I am new to unit testing. Started working on unit test using PHPUnit. But it seems to be taking too much time. If consider I take 3 hours to write a Class, its taking my 7 hours to write test case for ...
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Unit Testing: Method per test versus data provider
I'm having a bit of a philosophical argument with one of my colleagues regarding the "right" way to do unit tests (in this case with PHPUnit). I'm of the opinion that you should write one test method ...
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unit testing a mocked class [duplicate]
I'm currently writing unit tests for my PHP code. I've read that unit tests should not interract with external elements such as network and filesystem.
In my code i have a curl wrapper class to ...
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Testing an external API that's in beta state
Our company is using an external API that is actually in beta state.
This means it's not stable at all yet, and it changes its requests/responses every week or so.
I'd like to write test to ensure ...
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How unit test service method that use repository method
For service methods that call repository methods to interact with database how could I unit test these service methods?
For example,
public function updateSlideshow($data){
// do some logic and ...
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