Question

I want to write a test to make sure that a variable is protected. Is that possible? Here’s what I got.

/**
 * @expectedException       Fatal error
 * @expectedExceptionMessage Cannot access protected property
 */

public function testCannotAccessProtectedProperty() {
    $this->assertEquals($this->object->variableiwanttotest[0], $value);
}

Here is the error message

PHP Fatal error:  Cannot access protected property Object::variableiwanttotest in /Users/confidential/ObjectTest.php on line 25

Answer 1

$prop = new ReflectionProperty(get_class($object), 'propname'));
$this->assertTrue($prop->isProtected());