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tigrez/iexpect
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A very small unit test library

1.1.2(9y ago)1271MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 3Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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\##I Expect

IExpect is a small unit test library for use in PHP. It's syntax is intuitive.

The assertion

*I expect 3 \* 2 to equal 6*

can be put to the test with

`$I->expect(3*2)->equals(6);`

How nice is that..

`equals` can be other things as well.. `contains`, `hasKey` (talking arrays here) and more.

More the negative type? How about `$I->expect(1+1)->not()->equals(3)`.

While I'm still working at the documentation please refer to the source of the `Expectation` class what more it can do. In the `demo` folder you can find very useful examples as well.

You want more checks? It's easy to extend the Expectation class.

\##I don't Expect.. ..you to expect is has the same functionality like say *PHPUnit*. If it did it wouldn't be small now would it? So don't expect *mocks*, *stubs* and things like that, or being able to test *exceptions thrown*.

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

3488d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1430547?v=4)[LucGeritz](/maintainers/LucGeritz)[@LucGeritz](https://github.com/LucGeritz)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

testunit test

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