Stubbing Magic Methods

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Stubbing Magic Methods

The verification of __call() was discussed in the previous chapter. Magic methods can also be stubbed in much the same way. If you want to verify a particular invocation of __call() you can stub the actual method call by mocking the method passed in as the first parameter.

Consider the following class.

Example 2.17. A Magic Class

<?php
class MagicClass
{
public function __call($method, $args)
{
return '__call';
}
}
?>

You could stub an invocation of the __call() method through a userspace call to magicCall() with the following code.

Example 2.18. Implicitly Stub of __call()

<?php
class MagicClassTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
  public function testMagicCall()
  {
    $mock = Phake::mock('MagicClass');

    Phake::when($mock)->magicCall()->thenReturn(42);

		$this->assertEquals(42, $mock->magicCall());
  }
}
?>

If for any reason you need to explicitly stub calls to __call() then you can use Phake::whenCallMethodWith().

Example 2.19. Explicitly Stubbing __call()

<?php
class MagicClassTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
  public function testMagicCall()
  {
    $mock = Phake::mock('MagicClass');

    Phake::whenCallMethodWith('magicCall')->isCalledOn($mock)->thenReturn(42);

		$this->assertEquals(42, $mock->magicCall());
  }
}
?>

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