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[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) 4. / 5. friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect ActiveLibrary[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect ================================= Helper that decorates any SUS with a phpspec lazy object wrapper 4.1.0(8mo ago)4369.9k↓25.7%320MITPHPPHP >=8.1CI passing Since Aug 7Pushed 8mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect)[ RSS](/packages/friends-of-phpspec-phpspec-expect/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (3)Versions (19)Used By (20) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0ff25058e06dd0d2a7dfef2cd1c9901d1fc3612667f7fb403aa97b75f344ab95/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f667269656e64732d6f662d706870737065632f706870737065632d6578706563742e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8119d9951715687e5eab6df30610381770d8d3eab452580d4d16010fb91d614a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f667269656e64732d6f662d706870737065632f706870737065632d6578706563742e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect)[![Continuous Integration](https://github.com/friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect/actions/workflows/ci.yml)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1f3d9f1e7201158352215ec1020dda22baf5858cec3f4792f0c941a27c22c313/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f6c2f667269656e64732d6f662d706870737065632f706870737065632d6578706563742e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect) phpspec-expect ============== [](#phpspec-expect) Install ------- [](#install) Install this package as a development dependency in your project: ``` $ composer require --dev friends-of-phpspec/phpspec-expect ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) Inside some example: ``` expect(file_exists('dummy.txt'))->toBe(true); ``` Compatibility ------------- [](#compatibility) phpspec-expectPHPphpspec3.0.x`>=7.0``^4.0`3.1.x`^7.1``^5.0 || ^6.0`4.0.x`>=7.3``^6.0 || ^7.0`4.1.x`>=8.1``^7.0 || ^8.0`Authors ------- [](#authors) Copyright (c) 2017-2020 BossaConsulting (). 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