Code coverage when not testing protected/private methods with PHPUnit

Question

I know it\'s possible to test private/protected methods with PHPUnit using reflection or other workarounds.

But most sources tell me that it\'s not best

Answer 1

In Phpunit you can specify the Covered Methods with special annotation, as descrived in the doc.

You can do something like this:

    class ApiControllerTest extends WebTestCase {

        /**
         * @covers ApiController::getCodesAction
         * @covers ApiController::_stringToArray
         */
        public function test_getCodesAction(){
            $client = static::createClient();
            $client->request('GET', '/api/1+2+3');
            $this->assertContains('{"type": "codes", "data": [1,2,3]}', $client->getResponse()->getContent());
        }

    }

Hope this help