How to unit test Exceptions with PHPUnit?

Question

I\'m not getting how to unit test Exceptions with PHPUnit.

Please see my method with the Exception:

    public function getPhone($html, $tag = \'OFF         


        

Answer 1

You are doing too much there.

Either use: @expectedException Exception

OR: try / catch / $this->fail

The way you are doing it right now says "catch that exception and THEN expect the code to throw another one!"

The first way is cleaner in my opinion because it's only 1 line against 5 (or even more) lines of code and it's less error prone.

/**
* @covers Scrap::getPhone
* @expectedException Exception
*
*/
public function testGetPhone() {

    // Variables1
    $array_static1 = Array(0 => 218559372, 1 => 927555929, 2 => 213456789, 3 => 912345678);
    $phone_list1   = '...';

    // Variables2
    $array_static2 = Array(0 => 'NA');
    $phone_list2   = "";

    // .. more tests

    // Bloco try/catch para confirmar que aqui lança excepção
    $this->scrap->getPhone($phone_list1, 'hr', '351', '9');        

That should do it.