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ericfortmeyer/mock-extern-service
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To mock service like mail or UDP socket for functional Tests. TDD, PHPUnit

v0.2.2(5y ago)010MITPHP

Since Jun 9Pushed 5y agoCompare

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Mock Extern Service
===================

[](#mock-extern-service)

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To mock service like mail or UDP socket for functional Tests. The result will be saved in a file and that can you assert.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

*composer require --dev "ericfortmeyer/mock-extern-service"*

Booting
-------

[](#booting)

At first to you must booting this system, that can you do in the bootstrap file [see](tests/bootstrap.php).

```
\Fortmeyer\MockExternService\Service::boot();

```

Than you must start PHPUnit with PHP interpreter option `-d sendmail_path=mock-service/smtp-mock-server.php`This script will mock the Mail System.

Assert
------

[](#assert)

#### Mock Mails System

[](#mock-mails-system)

with `Fortmeyer\MockExternService\Result::MailInbox()` get you the mail Content.

The PHP ini "sendmail\_path" must be set to [smtp-mock-server.php](mock-service/smtp-mock-server.php) script. That get the Mail and save it. This config can only set befor starts the script. Like in php.ini or as command option (php -d)

###### Sample:

[](#sample)

```
public function testMockMailSystem()
{
    $msg = "Content " . time();
    mail('root@@127.0.0.1', "subject", $msg);

    $this->assertContains($msg, MockExternService\Result::MailInbox());
}

```

#### Mock UDP Socket

[](#mock-udp-socket)

with `Fortmeyer\MockExternService\Result::UdpSockArrived()` get you 2048 Bit of Content. Socket will be listen on:

hostport127.0.0.113010###### Sample:

[](#sample-1)

```
public function testGrayLogServer()
{
    $data = "graylog_data " . time();
    $socket = fsockopen('udp://127.0.0.1:13010');
    fputs($socket, $data);

    $this->assertEquals($data, MockExternService\Result::UdpSockArrived());
}

```

Sample:
-------

[](#sample-2)

See [PHPUnitTest](tests/) command: `php -d sendmail_path=mock-service/smtp-mock-server.php ./vendor/bin/phpunit`.

Chanelog
--------

[](#chanelog)

- v0.1 First Idea

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60.6% 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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~473 days

Total

4

Last Release

1838d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40972462?v=4)[Eric Fortmeyer](/maintainers/ericfortmeyer)[@ericfortmeyer](https://github.com/ericfortmeyer)

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Top Contributors

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