Erroneous exceptions in PHPUnit for http://stackoverflow.com/q/13198392

annotation.php

<?php

include 'fixture.php';

class AnnotationTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

    /**
     * @expectedException MyException
     */
    public function testExceptionThrown() {
        $fixture = new Fixture();
        $fixture->methodThatThrows();
    }
}

fixture.php

<?php

class Fixture {
    public function __construct() {
        // an exception is erroneously being thrown here
        throw new MyException('This is a bug that will be masked by the annotation');
    }

    public function methodThatThrows() {
        throw new MyException('This is the expected exception');
    }
}

class MyException extends Exception {}

method.php

<?php

include 'fixture.php';

class MethodTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

    public function testExceptionThrown() {
        $fixture = new Fixture();

        // with the method approach, I can control exactly when the Exception is expected
        $this->setExpectedException('MyException');
        $fixture->methodThatThrows();
    }
}

output

$ phpunit annotation.php
PHPUnit 3.6.10 by Sebastian Bergmann.

.

OK (1 test, 1 assertion)

$ phpunit method.php 
PHPUnit 3.6.10 by Sebastian Bergmann.

E

There was 1 error:

1) AnnotationTest::testExceptionThrown
MyException: This is a bug that will be masked by the annotation

fixture.php:6
method.php:8

FAILURES!
Tests: 1, Assertions: 0, Errors: 1.