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Mhmd
Mhmd

Reputation: 476

How To Mock Functions Without Class in PHP (laravel)?

I have a Function Which is loaded by composer autoload

    "autoload": {
        "files": [
            "app/Helpers/SmsHelper.php",
        ]
    },

This File Has a smsHelper Function Which Can send SMS.

<?php

if (!function_exists('sendSmsHelper')) {
    function sendSmsHelper($msisdn, $message)
    {
        ..... Codes
    }
}

One Of My class use this Helper and i want to write test for this class. could some one tell me how to mock this function? because i don't want to send SMS in testing mode

Upvotes: 1

Views: 944

Answers (1)

Mhmd
Mhmd

Reputation: 476

As I dont see any answers I decided to Wrote about some of my researches result: I know these are not the right answers maybe but will work

First Solution (not good one): if you are using a function in your class and want to writing a test for that class ! for mocking this type of functions you can set your test class NameSpace equal to the class that you want to writing test for, then you can write a function exactly the same name of specific function out of the class in your .php file.

for example : you use date() in your class and want to mock it to return your String instead of date

<?php

//namespace Tests\Unit; change this name space to that class you want to write test for
namespace yourclass namespace;

use Mockery\Mock;

function date() {
  return "2019/12/17 01:00:00";
}

class yourNameTest extends TestCase
{
    ...... you test codes
}

Second Solution for the functions you created ( like my smsHelper ) :

I added a SwitchCase in my smsHelper function which will check if App is on Testing mode or not , if its on testing mode I'm going to return true;

    function smsHelper()
    {
        if (!App::runningUnitTests()) {
            ....... my codes
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

Upvotes: 1

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