PhpUnit - mocking laravel model with relations - laravel

Question

I'm trying to mock (it's example only) $user->posts()->get().
example service:
use App\Models\User;
class SomeClass{
public function getActivePost(User $user): Collection
{
return $user->posts()->get();
}
}
and my Model:
and Model:
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
use \App\Models\Post;
class User extends Model
{
public function posts() : HasMany
{
return $this->hasMany(Post::class);
}
}
this doesn't work:
$this->user = Mockery::mock(User::class);
$this->user
->shouldReceive('wallets->get')
->andReturn('test output');
error:
TypeError: Return value of Mockery_2_App_Models_User::posts() must be an instance of Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany, instance of Mockery_4__demeter_posts returned
without return type hint (on post() method) everything is ok. Must I modify andReturn()? idk how

Answer 1

This error can be solved by using the alias prefix with a valid class name. Like the following:
$m = m::mock('alias:App\Models\User');
More information can be found at the official documentation http://docs.mockery.io/en/latest/reference/creating_test_doubles.html#aliasing

Answer 2

Alternatively you can use like this.
use App\Models\User;
class SomeClass{
public function getActivePost(User $user): Collection
{
$user->load('posts');
return $user->posts;
}
}
First you need to mock post, then add it to Collection (don't forget to use it in the top). Then when you call posts attribute its takes mocked $posts. In this case it will not throw error about return type.
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
$post = $this->mock(Post::class)->makePartial();
$posts = new Collection([$post]);
$this->user = Mockery::mock(User::class);
$this->user
->shouldReceive('getAttribute')
->with('posts');
->andReturn($posts);

Answer 3

Also i wouldn't use mocks here. There is absolutely no need for it. So the unit test i write would be:
Create a user.
Create some posts authored by the user.
Perform assertions on user & posts.
So the code will then be something like this in my test:
$user = factory(User::class)->create();
$posts = factory(Post::class, 5)->create(['user_id' => $user->id]);
$this->assertNotEmpty($user->id);
$this->assertNotEmpty($posts);
$this->assertEquals(5, $posts->fresh()->count());
$this->assertEquals($user->id, $post->fresh()->first()->user_id);

Answer 4

if you want to test the relationship you can:
/** #test */
function user_has_many_posts()
{
$user = factory(User::class)->create();
$post= factory(Post::class)->create(['user_id' => $user->id]);
//Check if database has the post..
$this->assertDatabaseHas('posts', [
'id' => $post->id,
'user_id' => $user->id,
]);
//Check if relationship returns collection..
$this->assertInstanceOf('\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection', $user->posts);
}