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

Based on @rsahai91 answer above, created a new helper for making multiple methods accessible. Can be private or protected

/**
 * Makes any properties (private/protected etc) accessible on a given object via reflection
 *
 * @param $object - instance in which properties are being modified
 * @param array $properties - associative array ['propertyName' => 'propertyValue']
 * @return void
 * @throws ReflectionException
 */
public function setProperties($object, $properties)
{
    $reflection = new ReflectionClass($object);
    foreach ($properties as $name => $value) {
        $reflection_property = $reflection->getProperty($name);
        $reflection_property->setAccessible(true);
        $reflection_property->setValue($object, $value);
    }
}

Example use:

$mock = $this->createMock(MyClass::class);

$this->setProperties($mock, [
    'propname1' => 'valueOfPrivateProp1',
    'propname2' => 'valueOfPrivateProp2'
]);