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 the accepted answer from @gontrollez, since we are using a mock builder we do not have the need to call new A; since we can use the class name instead.

    $a = $this->getMockBuilder(A::class)
        ->disableOriginalConstructor()
        ->getMock();

    $reflection = new ReflectionClass(A::class);
    $reflection_property = $reflection->getProperty('p');
    $reflection_property->setAccessible(true);

    $reflection_property->setValue($a, 2);