AspectMock vs PHP-Mock: mocking built-in PHP functions

AspectMock

The most powerful and flexible mocking framework for PHPUnit / Codeception. (by Codeception)

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PHP-Mock: mocking built-in PHP functions

Mock built-in PHP functions (e.g. time(), exec() or rand()) (by php-mock)

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PHP-Mock: mocking built-in PHP functions

Posts with mentions or reviews of PHP-Mock: mocking built-in PHP functions. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-28.

Mock nested PHP default functions in PHPUnit tests
2 projects | dev.to | 28 Jan 2023

https://github.com/php-mock/php-mock - a testing library which mocks non deterministic built-in PHP functions;
need `ftell()` to return false for unittest
1 project | /r/PHPhelp | 30 Mar 2022

If you remove the \ from ftell($resource), you will be able to mock in in your unit tests. I created a mock function of it using a package called PHPMock. My unit test ended up looking like something like this:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing AspectMock and PHP-Mock: mocking built-in PHP functions you can also consider the following projects:

Mockery - Mockery is a simple yet flexible PHP mock object framework for use in unit testing with PHPUnit, PHPSpec or any other testing framework. Its core goal is to offer a test double framework with a succinct API capable of clearly defining all possible object operations and interactions using a human readable Domain Specific Language (DSL).

Prophecy - Highly opinionated mocking framework for PHP 5.3+

Faker

Phake - PHP Mocking Framework

Kahlan - :heavy_check_mark: PHP Test Framework for Freedom, Truth, and Justice

PHPT - The PHP Interpreter

Codeception - Full-stack testing PHP framework

PHPUnit - The PHP Unit Testing framework.

HTTP Mock - Mock HTTP requests on the server side in your PHP unit tests