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Rule php_unit_mock

Usages of ->getMock and ->getMockWithoutInvokingTheOriginalConstructor methods MUST be replaced by ->createMock or ->createPartialMock methods.

Warning

Using this rule is risky

Risky when PHPUnit classes are overridden or not accessible, or when project has PHPUnit incompatibilities.

Configuration

target

Target version of PHPUnit.

Allowed values: '5.4', '5.5' and 'newest'

Default value: 'newest'

Examples

Example #1

Default configuration.

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 final class MyTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     public function testFoo()
     {
-        $mock = $this->getMockWithoutInvokingTheOriginalConstructor("Foo");
-        $mock1 = $this->getMock("Foo");
-        $mock1 = $this->getMock("Bar", ["aaa"]);
+        $mock = $this->createMock("Foo");
+        $mock1 = $this->createMock("Foo");
+        $mock1 = $this->createPartialMock("Bar", ["aaa"]);
         $mock1 = $this->getMock("Baz", ["aaa"], ["argument"]); // version with more than 2 params is not supported
     }
 }

Example #2

With configuration: ['target' => '5.4'].

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 final class MyTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     public function testFoo()
     {
-        $mock1 = $this->getMock("Foo");
+        $mock1 = $this->createMock("Foo");
         $mock1 = $this->getMock("Bar", ["aaa"]); // version with multiple params is not supported
     }
 }

Rule sets

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References

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