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Frustrating landscape of PHP mocking
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Why are PHP's mocking libraries so weak?

phpunit-mock-objects

Kludgy, disgusting syntax.

mockery

Seems to have the most momentum, but I don't like its DSL, which seems more complex than 95% of cases need. Bad docs: a 1,600-line README?

AspectMock

Dead-simple syntax (four public methods to remember) and the ability to mock non-dependency-injected code. Heavy overhead in the AOP framework it relies on. But this is still the library I'm liking the best.

Phake

Nicer verification (like spies), but stubbing syntax is as bad as mockery. Bad docs.

Prophecy

Come on!

Oh come on! Who's inventing this stuff?!

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