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mrkrstphr/dbunit-fixture-arrays
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PHPUnit DbUnit Native Array-based Fixtures

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dbunit-fixture-arrays
=====================

[](#dbunit-fixture-arrays)

> A native PHP array-based fixture provider for PHPUnit's DbUnit

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dbunit-fixture-arrays provides the capability to provide fixtures (data sets) to PHPUnit's DbUnit as native PHP arrays, as opposed to the many other drivers currently supported by DbUnit, such as Yaml, XML, CSV, etc.

How?
----

[](#how)

Simply install with composer:

```
composer require mrkrstphr/dbunit-fixture-arrays:@stable

```

Then plug into DbUnit as you would with any other data set format:

```
public function getDataSet() {
    return new ArrayDataSet([
        '/path_to_file.php',
        '/path_to_other_file.php'
    ]);
}
```

Where the files look something like:

```
return [
    'table_name' => [
        ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'Row Data 1'],
        ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'Row Data 2'],
    ],
    'other_table_name' => [
        ['id' => 99, 'color' => 'Red'],
        ['id' => 88, 'color' => 'Blue'],
    ],
];
```

Why?
----

[](#why)

Sometimes it's nice to be able to slip a little logic into the fixtures files. Say for instance that you need some test data that contains a date in the future, but not more than 1 year away. Without continually updating your fixture data, there's no way to reliably do this.

With dbunit-fixture-arrays, you can:

```
return [
    'table_name' => [
        ['id' => 1, 'date' => (new DateTime('+1 year'))->format('Y-m-d')],
        ['id' => 2, 'date' => '2014-05-01'
    ]
];
```

Other benefits include slightly, but probably not very noticably, faster tests with less memory footprint due to not needing to parse Yaml or XML - your results may vary.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Suggestions or bugs? Submit an issue or open a pull request!

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