Question

I am having troubles to test one of my methods because it uses a vendor class with no model.

Well, the thing is that i want that method to return me what i want.
I have been told that mocking a method is to make it return what i want.

For example, when i call “foo()” method i want it to return me true always.

How can i do it? At CakePHP cookbook i can find this:

$Posts = $this->generate('Posts', array(
    'methods' => array(
        'isAuthorized'
    ),
    'models' => array(
        'Post' => array('save')
    ),
    'components' => array(
        'RequestHandler' => array('isPut'),
        'Email' => array('send'),
        'Session'
    )
));

So i guess i should have to use the fist option: method
But… how to make it return what i want?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Refer to the answer I gave you in this question: How can i test an Add function on CakePHP2.0

$Posts = $this->generate('Posts', array(
    'methods' => array(
        'isAuthorized'
    ),
    'models' => array(
        'Post' => array('save')
    ),
    'components' => array(
        'RequestHandler' => array('isPut'),
        'Email' => array('send'),
        'Session'
    )
));

// tell PHPUnit that `isAuthorized` should return true any time it's called
$Posts
  ->expects($this->any())
  ->method('isAuthorized')
  ->will($this->returnValue(true));
// tell PHPUnit to expect `isPut` once, and to return false
$Posts
  ->RequestHandler
  ->expects($this->once())
  ->method('isPut')
  ->will($this->returnValue(false));

For more information on mocking: http://www.phpunit.de/manual/3.0/en/mock-objects.html