As PHP traits can not be instance by its self, it seems impossible to unit test. However, by making ordinary classes that use a trait, you can write test code for traits.
<?php
trait Greetable {
public function hello(int $repeat): string {
return str_repeat('Hello!', $repeat);
}
}
class GreetableBeings {
use Greetable;
}
class GreetableTest {
public function testHello() {
$g = new GreetableBeings();
assert($g->hello(1) === 'Hello!');
assert($g->hello(2) === 'Hello!Hello!');
assert($g->hello(3) === 'Hello!Hello!Hello!');
}
}
(new GreetableTest)->testHello();
Since anonymous class can be used from PHP 7, we no longer have to bother to create a class for testing.
<?php
trait Greetable {
public function hello(int $repeat): string {
return str_repeat('Hello!', $repeat);
}
}
class GreetableTest {
public function testHello() {
$g = new class { use Greetable; }; // anonymous class
assert($g->hello(1) === 'Hello!');
assert($g->hello(2) === 'Hello!Hello!');
assert($g->hello(3) === 'Hello!Hello!Hello!');
}
}
(new GreetableTest)->testHello();
Top comments (3)
Nice article.
I know about anonymous class in PHP7 at the first time.
Thank you for your valuable information:)
Nice article