Unit testing tests individual components. Each test runs in isolation, and tests only a single item, such as a function or method. This function or method is considered the unit.
An example of a unit test is shown below. This test is describing a system where we may have a database model that represents information about various novels. We are testing to verify that the getHorrorRating method of the model works correctly. This method should return an integer between 0 and 5 describing how high that novel rated in the "Horror" genre.
As our example, we pull a Stephen King novel, as King is largely known as a Horror author.
<?php
use Example\Assertions;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
class AssertionsTest extends TestCase {
public function test_get_number_returns_5(): void {
$assertions = new Assertions();
$this->assertEquals(5, $assertions->getNumber());
}
}The test here is limited to the single line with the assertion. Everything else is setup.
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