Question

I need some advice on how I can proceed with this issue.

Using PHP
An example would be:

class BuilderClass {
 function getClass($id, $some, $vars){
  $dbResult = new db_Class::getDbRows($id, $some, $vars);
  foreach(...)
   // Build something from the database values

  return self;
 }
}

So what I want to do is to create a test case where I somehow mock the db results.

I have not found any great way to do this, please point me in the right direction or similar to get this working for me.

I could change something within the builder itself for example call a class that runs the function: FunctionRunner::runStaticFunction(“db_Class”, “getDbRows”, $args, $something_else); But at the moment I don’t know if that is possible neither. Any research articles that cover this or any sites that explain this. I’d appriciate anything at the moment.

Thanks
/Marcus

Answer 1

Split the operations of retrieving data from database, and building the data.

class BuilderClass {
    function getClass($id, $some, $vars){
        $dbResult = new db_Class::getDbRows($id, $some, $vars);
        return doGetClass($dbResult);
    }

    function doGetClass($dbResult) {
        foreach(...)
         // Build something from the database values

        return self;   
    }
}

That way, you can test doGetClass in isolation from calling the database .