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Designed as a drop in alternative to PHPUnit's phpunit-mock-objects library, Mockery is easy to integrate with PHPUnit and can operate alongside phpunit-mock-objects without the World ending. 0.9.4(11y ago)033BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.2 Since Jan 24Pushed 10y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/elmpp/mockery)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/elmpp/mockery)[ Docs](http://github.com/padraic/mockery)[ RSS](/packages/elmpp-mockery/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (3)Versions (12)Used By (0) Mockery ======= [](#mockery) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/00869e608e89fe5d1761176d579d36352522f9adeb1d54650e445c09359507f8/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f706164726169632f6d6f636b6572792e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/padraic/mockery)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b6b3c997b8ef82d7e7805a24e94c2a4a61e8c0b757ab8524d511c2e8b4a2ef66/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d6f636b6572792f6d6f636b6572792f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/mockery/mockery)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/393e197924e8e7580b5526c4e28eacbb0a5ff7003288c032103d01d4604c3e48/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d6f636b6572792f6d6f636b6572792f646f776e6c6f6164732e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/mockery/mockery) Mockery is a simple yet flexible PHP mock object framework for use in unit testing with PHPUnit, PHPSpec or any other testing framework. Its core goal is to offer a test double framework with a succinct API capable of clearly defining all possible object operations and interactions using a human readable Domain Specific Language (DSL). Designed as a drop in alternative to PHPUnit's phpunit-mock-objects library, Mockery is easy to integrate with PHPUnit and can operate alongside phpunit-mock-objects without the World ending. Mockery is released under a New BSD License. The current released version on Packagist is `0.9.4`. The current released version for PEAR is `0.9.0`. Composer users may instead opt to use the current master branch aliased to `1.0.x-dev`. Installation ------------ [](#installation) To install Mockery, run the command below and you will get the latest version ``` composer require --dev mockery/mockery ``` If you want to run the tests: ``` vendor/bin/phpunit ``` \####Note The current Mockery 0.9.4 release is the final version to have PHP 5.3 as a minimum requirement. The minimum PHP requirement has been moved to PHP 5.4 for future releases. Also, the PEAR channel will go offline permanently no earlier than 30 June 2015. Mock Objects ------------ [](#mock-objects) In unit tests, mock objects simulate the behaviour of real objects. They are commonly utilised to offer test isolation, to stand in for objects which do not yet exist, or to allow for the exploratory design of class APIs without requiring actual implementation up front. The benefits of a mock object framework are to allow for the flexible generation of such mock objects (and stubs). They allow the setting of expected method calls and return values using a flexible API which is capable of capturing every possible real object behaviour in way that is stated as close as possible to a natural language description. Prerequisites ------------- [](#prerequisites) Mockery requires PHP 5.3.2 or greater for versions `0.9.4` or lower. The current master and future versions will use PHP 5.4 at minimum. This is subject to change as PHP versions reach their published end of life dates. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) The current version can be seen at [docs.mockery.io](http://docs.mockery.io). ### Health Score 26 — LowBetter than 43% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity7 Limited adoption so far Community19 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity55 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 56.9% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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