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kidfund/monkey-patcher
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Get tricky with php objects in test

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MonkeyPatcher
=============

[](#monkeypatcher)

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Access private functions and properties of PHP classes. Primarily used to muck with things under test.

- [MonkeyPatcher](#monkeypatcher)
- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
    - [Setup](#setup)
    - [Access a private function](#access-a-private-function)
    - [Set a private property](#set-a-private-property)
    - [Get a private property](#get-a-private-property)
- [Testing](#testing)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Credits](#credits)
- [License](#license)

Install
=======

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require kidfund/monkey-patcher
```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

*Note: If you are using this, you may have a broken pattern somewhere. Either in your main code or in test-land. But, sometimes you need it!*

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

Add the trait to your test

```
class MonkeyPatcherUnitTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    use MonkeyPatcher;
```

Access a private function
-------------------------

[](#access-a-private-function)

```
$this->invokeMethod($object, 'do', ['something']);
```

Set a private property
----------------------

[](#set-a-private-property)

```
$this->setProperty($object, 'msg', 'hello');
```

Get a private property
----------------------

[](#get-a-private-property)

```
$this->getProperty($object, 'msg');
```

Testing
=======

[](#testing)

```
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit
```

Contributing
============

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Credits
=======

[](#credits)

- [@timborder](https://github.com/timbroder)

License
=======

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~3 days

Total

4

Last Release

2709d ago

Major Versions

0.9.1 → 1.0.02018-12-14

PHP version history (2 changes)0.9.0PHP ~5.5|~7.0

1.0.0PHP ~7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/492d66f0a40a30e71ea2dd714818002f6fafca3c2c243dd318aa9684ff982182?d=identicon)[timbroder](/maintainers/timbroder)

---

Top Contributors

[![timbroder](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/121503?v=4)](https://github.com/timbroder "timbroder (1 commits)")

---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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