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snailweb/php-tests-helpers
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PHP tests helpers

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php-tests-helpers
=================

[](#php-tests-helpers)

Helpers for PHP tests

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### AccessProtectedTrait

[](#accessprotectedtrait)

Helper to invoke methods and to get/set attributes values with private/protected visibility

```
class MyClassTest
{
    use Snailweb\Helpers\Tests\AccessProtectedTrait;

    public function testMyMethod()
    {
        // Invoke method
        $returnValue = $this->invokeMethod($object, 'methodName', ['arg1', 'arg2']);

        // Get attribute
        $attributeValue = $this->getAttribute($object, 'attributeName');

        // Set attribute
        $this->setAttribute($object, 'attributeName', $attributeValue);
    }
}
```

### TestIteratorTrait

[](#testiteratortrait)

Helper to automatically apply Iterator tests for a class.

Requirements :

- The tested class must implement Iterator (that's the point of doing this ...)
- The tested class constructor must accept no parameters
- The test class must call setUpInterator() with class name, and optionally key name and array name (example shows defaults)

```
class MyClassTest extends TestCase
{
    use Snailweb\Helpers\Tests\TestIteratorTrait;

    public function setUp(): void
    {
        $this->setUpIterator(MyClass::class, 'key', 'array');
    }

    // Do your methods tests
    // ...
}
```

Note: if you need to test the constructor of your class you must do this :

```
class MyClassTest extends TestCase
{
    use Snailweb\Helpers\Tests\TestIteratorTrait{
        testConstruct as testIteratorConstruct;
    }

    public function setUp(): void
    {
        $this->setUpIterator(MyClass::class, 'key', 'array');
    }

    public function testConstruct()
    {
        $this->testIteratorConstruct();

        // Do your constructor tests
        // ...
    }

    // Do your methods tests
    // ...
}
```

### TestSplSubjectTrait

[](#testsplsubjecttrait)

Helper to automatically apply SplSubject tests for a class.

Requirements :

- The tested class must implement SplSubject (that's the point of doing this ...)
- The tested class constructor must accept no parameters
- The test class must call setUpSplSubject() with class name, and optionally observers name (example shows defaults)

```
class MyClassTest extends TestCase
{
    use Snailweb\Helpers\Tests\TestSplSubjectTrait;

    public function setUp(): void
    {
        $this->setUpSplSubject(MyClass::class, 'observers');
    }

    // Do your methods tests
    // ...
}
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

2627d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d517fd68c868e68f4d47de1b46db8046495d44cee43e79fc9635e35218ae5657?d=identicon)[xavier-rodet](/maintainers/xavier-rodet)

---

Top Contributors

[![xavier-rodet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2737842?v=4)](https://github.com/xavier-rodet "xavier-rodet (19 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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