phpunit - mockbuilder - set mock object internal property

Question

Is it possible to create a mock object with disabled constructor and manually setted protected properties?

Here is an idiotic example:

class A {
             


        

Answer 1

Thought i'd leave a handy helper method that could be quickly copy and pasted here:

/**
 * Sets a protected property on a given object via reflection
 *
 * @param $object - instance in which protected value is being modified
 * @param $property - property on instance being modified
 * @param $value - new value of the property being modified
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function setProtectedProperty($object, $property, $value)
{
    $reflection = new ReflectionClass($object);
    $reflection_property = $reflection->getProperty($property);
    $reflection_property->setAccessible(true);
    $reflection_property->setValue($object, $value);
}