gistfile1.php

<?php 
//The issue is this function is not easy to test our new behavior we need to  refactor it to make it easy to test

 protected function _getProgramStats($database)
    {
        $programStats = array(
            'active-participant-count' => 'N/A',
            'participant-count' => 'N/A',
            'all-received-messages-count'=> 'N/A',
            'current-month-received-messages-count' => 'N/A',
            'all-sent-messages-count' => 'N/A',
            'current-month-sent-messages-count' => 'N/A',
            'total-current-month-messages-count' => 'N/A',
            'history-count' => 'N/A',
            'today-schedule-count' => 'N/A',
            'schedule-count' => 'N/A',
            'object-type' => 'program-stats',
            'model-version'=> '1');
        try{
            $this->ProgramSetting = new ProgramSetting(array('database' => $database));
            $programTimeNow = $this->ProgramSetting->getProgramTimeNow();            
            if(empty($programTimeNow)){
                return $programStats;
            }
            $tempParticipant = new Participant(array('database' => $database));                
            $activeParticipantCount = $tempParticipant->find(
                'count', array(
                    'conditions' => array('session-id' => array(
                        '$ne' => null)
                        )
                    )
                );
            $participantCount = $tempParticipant->find('count'); 
            
            $tempSchedule = new Schedule(array('database' => $database));
            $programTimeToday = $programTimeNow->modify('+1 day');
            $todayScheduleCount = $tempSchedule->find(
                'count',array(
                    'conditions' => array(
                        'date-time' => array(
                            '$lt' => $programTimeToday->format(DateTime::ISO8601))
                        )
                    ));
            
            $scheduleCount = $tempSchedule->find('count');
            $tempHistory     = new History(array('database' => $database));
            $programTimeForMonth = $programTimeNow->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:s");        
            $first_second = date('Y-m-01\TH:i:s', strtotime($programTimeForMonth));
            $last_second = date('Y-m-t\TH:i:s', strtotime($programTimeForMonth));
            
            $allReceivedMessagesCount = $tempHistory->find(
                'count',array(
                    'conditions' => array('message-direction' => 'incoming'))
                );
            
            $currentMonthReceivedMessagesCount = $tempHistory->find(
                'count',array(
                    'conditions' => array(
                        'timestamp' => array(
                            '$gt' => $first_second,
                            '$lt' => $last_second
                            ),
                        'message-direction' => 'incoming'
                        )
                    )
                );
            
            $currentMonthSentMessagesCount = $tempHistory->find(
                'count',array(
                    'conditions' => array(
                        'timestamp' => array(
                            '$gt' => $first_second,
                            '$lt' => $last_second
                            ),
                        'message-direction' => 'outgoing'
                        )
                    )
                );
            
            $totalCurrentMonthMessagesCount = $currentMonthSentMessagesCount + $currentMonthReceivedMessagesCount;
            
            $allSentMessagesCount = $tempHistory->find(
                'count',array(
                    'conditions' => array('message-direction' => 'outgoing'))
                );
            $historyCount  = $tempHistory->find(
                'count', array(
                    'conditions' =>array(
                        '$or' => array(
                            array('object-type' => array('$in' => $tempHistory->messageType)),
                            array('object-type' => array('$exists' => false ))
                            )
                        )));
            
            $programStats = array(
                'active-participant-count' => $activeParticipantCount,
                'participant-count' => $participantCount,
                'all-received-messages-count'=> $allReceivedMessagesCount,
                'current-month-received-messages-count' => $currentMonthReceivedMessagesCount,
                'all-sent-messages-count' => $allSentMessagesCount,
                'current-month-sent-messages-count' => $currentMonthSentMessagesCount,
                'total-current-month-messages-count' => $totalCurrentMonthMessagesCount,
                'history-count' => $historyCount,
                'today-schedule-count' => $todayScheduleCount,
                'schedule-count' => $scheduleCount,
                'object-type' => 'program-stats',
                'model-version'=> '1');
            return $programStats;
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $programStats;
        }
    }

gistfile2.php

<?php
//For that we need a new function 

    protected function _getProgramStat($model, $conditions=array())
    {
        try {
           return $model->find('count', $conditions);
        } catch {
           return 'N/A';
        }
   }


   protected function _getProgramStats($database) {

        $programStats = array(
            'active-participant-count' => 'N/A',
            'participant-count' => 'N/A',
            'all-received-messages-count'=> 'N/A',
            'current-month-received-messages-count' => 'N/A',
            'all-sent-messages-count' => 'N/A',
            'current-month-sent-messages-count' => 'N/A',
            'total-current-month-messages-count' => 'N/A',
            'history-count' => 'N/A',
            'today-schedule-count' => 'N/A',
            'schedule-count' => 'N/A',
            'object-type' => 'program-stats',
            'model-version'=> '1');

            $this->ProgramSetting = new ProgramSetting(array('database' => $database));
            $programTimeNow = $this->ProgramSetting->getProgramTimeNow();            
            if(empty($programTimeNow)){
                return $programStats;
            }
            
            /** participant stats **/
            $tempParticipant = new Participant(array('database' => $database));                
            $programStats['participant-count'] = $this->_getProgramStat($tempParticipant); 

            $activeParticipantCount = $tempParticipant->find(
                'count', array(
                    'conditions' => array('session-id' => array(
                        '$ne' => null)
                        )
                    )
                );
            $programStats['active-participant-count'] = $this->_getProgramStat($tempParticipant, $activeParticipantCount); 
            
            /** Schedule stats **/
            $tempSchedule = new Schedule(array('database' => $database));
            $programStats['schedule-count'] = $this->_getProgramStat(tempSchedule);

            $programTimeToday = $programTimeNow->modify('+1 day');
            $todayScheduleCount = $tempSchedule->find(
                'count',array(
                    'conditions' => array(
                        'date-time' => array(
                            '$lt' => $programTimeToday->format(DateTime::ISO8601))
                        )
                    ));
            $programStats['today-schedule-count'] = $this->_getProgramStat(tempSchedule, $todayScheduleCount);
            
            ....
            .....
             ....            
            return $programStats;
    }

With the new function _getProgramStat() we can easily test the result with different cakephp timeout value

With this _getProgramStat() the _getProgramStats() doesn't need any more try {} catch {} as it's handle for each cound.