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[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) 4. / 5. phake/phake ActiveLibrary[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) phake/phake =========== The Phake mock testing library v4.7.0(3mo ago)4758.0M↓11.3%86[13 issues](https://github.com/phake/Phake/issues)[6 PRs](https://github.com/phake/Phake/pulls)20BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.1|^8.0CI passing Since May 14Pushed 3mo ago21 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/phake/Phake)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/phake/phake)[ Docs](https://phake.github.io)[ RSS](/packages/phake-phake/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (6)Versions (63)Used By (20) Phake ===== [](#phake) [![Tests](https://github.com/phake/phake/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/phake/phake/actions/workflows/tests.yml)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ec6a0b42393792ac5991935975b114a49650a0d447b2b52cf194988c4f32a29b/687474703a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f7068616b652f7068616b652f76)](https://packagist.org/packages/phake/phake)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/dae2c93c020f2acc15ca43db19c6b3abd803cd37b6b3f4304eedbef9b71981b2/687474703a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f7068616b652f7068616b652f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/phake/phake)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4963ce0194c798993e6bc87e610e791a0e97342b23cbc7c954a56c9a1121bc82/687474703a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f7068616b652f7068616b652f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/phake/phake) Phake is a framework for PHP that aims to provide mock objects, test doubles and method stubs. Phake was inspired by a lack of flexibility and ease of use in the current mocking frameworks combined with a recent experience with Mockito for Java. A key conceptual difference in mocking between Phake and most of php mocking frameworks (ie: mock functionality in PHPUnit, PHPMock, and mock functionality in SimpleTest) is that Phake (like Mockito) employs a verification strategy to ensure that calls get made. That is to say, you call your code as normal and then after you have finished the code being tested you can verify whether or not expected methods were called. This is very different from the aforementioned products for php which use an expectation strategy where you lay out your expectations prior to any calls being made. Installation - Composer ----------------------- [](#installation---composer) Phake can be installed using [Composer](https://github.com/composer/composer). ``` composer require --dev phake/phake ``` Installation - Source --------------------- [](#installation---source) You can also of course install it from source by downloading it from our github repository: Links ----- [](#links) There are a few links that have information on how you can utilize Phake. - [Phake Website](https://phake.github.io) - [Phake Documentation](https://phake.github.io/doc/) - [Initial Phake Announcement](https://web.archive.org/web/20101230174850/http://digitalsandwich.com/archives/84-introducing-phake-mocking-framework.html) - [PHPStorm Plugin](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/17261-phake) If you have an article or tutorial that you would like to share, feel free to open an [issue](https://github.com/phake/phake/issues) on github and I will add it to this list ### Health Score 73 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance81 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity66 Solid adoption and visibility Community54 Growing community involvement Maturity82 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 50% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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