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PHPUnit Helpers

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PHPUnit Helpers
===============

[](#phpunit-helpers)

Helper traits for PHPUnit

*"You can touch your privates and you can touch your friends' privates but you can't touch your parents' privates... unless they're protected."*-Unknown

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

[](#installation)

Install composer in a common location or in your project:

```
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

Create the composer.json file as follows:

```
{
    "require": {
        "rootwork/phpunit-helpers": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Run the composer installer:

```
php composer.phar install
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
namespace Test;

use Rootwork\PHPUnit\Helper\Accessor;

class MyTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    use Accessor;

    public function testThings()
    {
        $sut = new MyThing();

        // Set a non-public property
        $this->setPropertyValue($sut, 'someNonPublicProperty', 'foo');

        // Get a non-public property
        $result = $this->getPropertyValue($sut, 'someNonPublicProperty'); // foo

        // Invoke a non-public method
        $this->invokeMethod($sut, 'someNonPublicMethod', ['foo', 'bar']);

        // Invoke a non-public method with arguments
        $this->invokeMethod($sut, 'someNonPublicMethod', ['foo', 'bar']);
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community13

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 ~252 days

Total

3

Last Release

3247d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02017-06-27

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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