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third-engine/factory
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Provides object creation that makes mocking and good unit testing easy.

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Since Nov 21Compare

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Factory is used to create objects in a standard way that allow for easy replacement with test double from unit tests. This has only been tested with phpunit, but there isn't a reason it should not be able to work with other unit testing frameworks.

// This is equivalent to $newObject = new NewObjectClass(); in your normal code execution $newObject = Factory::createNewObject(NewObjectClass::class); $newObject->standardOperations();

Then when you are in a unit test, there is a simple method to replace $newObject with a test double.

// $newObjectMock is already a mock object, and you want it to take the place of $newObject Factory::injectObject(NewObjectClass::class, $newObjectMock);

In many cases, your constructors will take parameters. With Factory, it is simple to pass parameters to object constructors.

// This is equivalent to $newObject = new NewObjectClass($someOtherObject); $newObject = Factory::createNewObject(NewObjectClass::class, \[$someOtherObject\]); $newObject->standardOperations();

Then when you are in a unit test, everything works the same way. $newObjectMock is already a mock object. Factory::injectObject(NewObjectClass::class, $newObjectMock);

Factory also supports being able to create different instances of the same object. Many times you will need to create the same object in multiple methods.

$newObject1 = Factory::createNewObject(NewObjectClass::class);

// a little while later 4newObject2 = Factory::createNewObject(NewObjectClass::class);

// In your test, assuming $newObject1Mock and $newObject2Mock are mock objects already. Use a zero-based index // to order the injections you want. Factory::injectObject(NewObjectClass::class, $newObject1Mock, 0); Factory::injectObject(NewObjectClass::class, $newObject2Mock, 1);

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3874d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4466618?v=4)[Tony Vance](/maintainers/tonyvance)[@tonyvance](https://github.com/tonyvance)

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