BDD Assertions for PHPUnit or Codeception
This is very tiny wrapper for PHPUnit assertions, that are aimed to make tests a bit more readable. With BDD assertions influenced by Chai, Jasmine, and RSpec your assertions would be a bit closer to natural language.
Requires PHP 7.4 or higher
composer require codeception/verify --dev
⬆️ Upgrade from 1.x by following the upgrade guide.
Use in any test verify function instead of $this->assert* methods:
use Codeception\Verify\Verify;
$user = User::find(1);
// equals
verify($user->getName())->equals('davert');
verify($user->getNumPosts())
->equals(5, 'user have 5 posts')
->notEquals(3);
// contains
Verify::Array($user->getRoles())
->contains('admin', 'first user is admin')
->notContains('banned', 'first user is not banned');
// greater / less
verify($user->getRate())
->greaterThan(5)
->lessThan(10)
->equals(7, 'first user rate is 7');
// true / false / null
verify($user->isAdmin())->true();
verify($user->isBanned())->false();
verify($user->invitedBy)->null();
verify($user->getPosts())->notNull();
// empty
verify($user->getComments())->empty();
verify($user->getRoles())->notEmpty();
// throws
Verify::Callable($callback)
->throws()
->throws(Exception::class)
->throws(Exception::class, 'exception message')
->throws(new Exception())
->throws(new Exception('message'));
// does not throw
Verify::Callable($callback)
->doesNotThrow()
->throws(Exception::class)
->doesNotThrow(new Exception());
// and many more !📄 See Verifiers full list here.
If you follow TDD/BDD you'd rather use expect instead of verify:
expect($user->getNumPosts())
->notToBeNull()
->toBeInt()
->toEqual(5, 'user have 5 posts');📄 See Expectations full list here.
Or verify_that which is just an alias function:
verify_that($user->getRate())->equals(7, 'first user rate is 7');In order to add more assertions you can extend the abstract class Verify:
use Codeception\Verify\Verify;
use PHPUnit\Framework\Assert;
class MyVerify extends Verify {
//you can type $actual to only receive a specific data type
public function __construct($actual = null)
{
parent::__construct($actual);
}
public function success(string $message = '')
{
Assert::assertTrue(true, $message);
}
}And use it!
$myVerify = new MyVerify;
$myVerify->success('it works!');
$myVerify::Mixed('this also')->notEquals('works');Verify is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License. © Codeception PHP Testing Framework