In PHPUnit, how do I mock parent methods?

Question

I want to test a class method that calls upon a parent method with the same name. Is there a way to do this?

class Parent {      function foo() {         echo 'bar';     } }  class Child {      function foo() {             $foo = parent::foo();             return $foo;     } }  class ChildTest extend PHPUnit_TestCase {      function testFoo() {         $mock = $this->getMock('Child', array('foo'));          //how do i mock parent methods and simulate responses?     } } 

Answer 1

You dont mock or stub methods in the Subject-under-Test (SUT). If you feel you have the need to mock or stub a method in the parent of the SUT, it likely means you shouldnt have used inheritance, but aggregation.

You mock dependencies of the Subject-under-Test. That means any other objects the SUT requires to do work.