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[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) 4. / 5. webmozarts/strict-phpunit ActiveLibrary[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) webmozarts/strict-phpunit ========================= Enables type-safe comparisons of objects in PHPUnit 7.24.0(1mo ago)31252.7k↓37.9%15MITPHPPHP ^8.3 Since Apr 19Pushed 1mo ago5 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/webmozarts/strict-phpunit)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/webmozarts/strict-phpunit)[ RSS](/packages/webmozarts-strict-phpunit/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (6)Versions (130)Used By (5) Strict PHPUnit ============== [](#strict-phpunit) Caution This repository is read-only. To submit any changes, check out \[php-libraries\]. Enables type-safe comparisons of objects in PHPUnit. Problem ------- [](#problem) PHPUnit has a very powerful comparison system that helps you to compare objects with expected values: ``` class ValueObject { public ?string $property; public function __construct(?string $property) { $this->property = $property; } } $actual = new ValueObject('foo!'); self::assertEquals(new ValueObject('foo'), $actual); // => fails with a very helpful error message ``` This comparison system will give you a meaningful exception that guides you precisely to the problem that caused the assertion to fail. Strings are furthermore diffed so that you see exactly which character of the string causes a mismatch. PHPUnit compares each scalar property of an object with relaxed types. It is a little more intelligent than using just `==` under the hood, but still that will not always provide the results you want: ``` var_dump('Hi' == true); // => true self::assertEquals(new ValueObject('Hi'), new ValueObject(true)); // => fails var_dump('' == null); // => true self::assertEquals(new ValueObject(''), new ValueObject(null)); // => succeeds ``` Solution -------- [](#solution) This extension enables a comparator for scalar values that fights this problem. With this extension, whenever PHPUnit finds a scalar value during `assertEquals()` (even recursively within objects or arrays), it will compare the value with `===`. Objects are still not checked for identity, hence you can still construct example objects to compare against. Error messages stay meaningful. ``` self::assertEquals(new ValueObject(''), new ValueObject(null)); // => fails with a meaningful error self::assertEquals(new ValueObject('foo!'), new ValueObject('foo')); // => fails with a meaningful error self::assertEquals(new ValueObject('foo!'), new ValueObject('foo!')); // => succeeds ``` Installation ------------ [](#installation) The extension can be installed with Composer: ``` composer require --dev webmozarts/strict-phpunit ``` Add the extension to your `phpunit.xml.dist` file to enable it: ``` ``` Authors ------- [](#authors) - [Bernhard Schussek](http://webmozarts.com) - [The Community Contributors](https://github.com/webmozarts/strict-phpunit/graphs/contributors) Contribute ---------- [](#contribute) Contributions to the package are always welcome! - Report any bugs or issues you find on the [issue tracker](https://github.com/webmozarts/strict-phpunit/issues). - You can grab the source code at the package's [Git repository](https://github.com/webmozarts/strict-phpunit). Note that this repository is a subtree-split of a monorepo and hence read only. PRs will be ported to the (internal) monorepo. License ------- [](#license) All contents of this package are licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE). ### Health Score 63 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance88 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity44 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community18 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity85 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 82.8% 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. 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