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PHPUnit assertion helper to check if two objects have the same state.

Please note that same state only refers to the state of the properties. If you use the static keyword inside of functions, and they have their own state, then you are on your own.

Install

Use composer:

$ composer require backendtea/assert-object-same-state --dev

Usage

This package is compatible with phpunit 8.

<?php

use BackEndTea\SameObject\ObjectHasSameStateAssertion;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;

class MyTest extends TestCase
{
    use ObjectHasSameStateAssertion;

    public function testObjects(): void
    {
        $one = new class{public $a=3;};
        $two = new class{public $a=3;};
        $this->assertObjectHasSameSate($one, $two);
    }
}

Outside of PHPUnit

<?php

$comp = new \BackEndTea\SameObject\ObjectComparator();

$comp->haveSameState($objectOne, $objectTwo);

Why

assertSame() or === checks if the two variables are refferencing the same object, which may not be always what you need. But assertEquals or == is too loose a comparison, as it suffers from the same issues as other loose comparisons.

For example:

<?php
class Thing
{
    public $prop;
    public function __construct($prop)
    {
        $this->prop = $prop;
    }
}
new Thing(10) == new Thing('10'); // true
new Thing(10) === new Thing('10'); // false
new Thing(10) === new Thing(10); // false

Limitations

Same state only refers to the state of the properties. If you use the static keyword inside of methods, and they have their own state, then you are on your own.