Fatal error: Call to a member function when Mocking on PHPSpec

Question

This is the code that i am trying to test

    public function forgot($email)
{
    try
    {
        // Find the user using the user email address
        $user =$this->sentry->findUserByLogin($email);

        $resetCode = $user->getResetPasswordCode();

         return true;
    }
    catch (UserNotFoundException $e)
    {
        $this->errors[] = 'User was not found.';

        return false;
    }
}

Here is my testing code

  function it_should_forgot(Sentry $sentry)
{
    $email = 'johndavedecano@gmail.com';

    $sentry->findUserByLogin($email)->shouldBeCalled();

    $this->forgot($email);
}

Here is the error

PHP Fatal error:  Call to a member function getResetPasswordCode() on a non-object in /var/www/laravel/app/Services/SentryService.php on line 103

My question is why am i getting this error as i have already mock sentry inside my test?

Well, look at your test method and tell what according to it the `findUserByLogin` method should return. — zerkms, Aug 31 '14 at 13:05
$sentry->findUserByLogin('johndavedecano@test.com')->willReturn($user); please let me know if this is correct — John Dave Decano, Aug 31 '14 at 13:05
What if you try first? Stackoverflow is not intended to be a syntax checker — zerkms, Aug 31 '14 at 13:19
It resolves the method now. But it should forgot expected false, but got null. — John Dave Decano, Aug 31 '14 at 13:27
Why do you call getResetPasswordCode if the return value is not used? — Jakub Zalas, Sep 08 '14 at 19:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '14 at 19:54

There's no mocking requried here. You only need stubs (Sentry) and dummies (User):

function it_returns_true_if_user_is_found(Sentry $sentry, User $user)
{
    $email = 'johndavedecano@gmail.com';

    $sentry->findUserByLogin($email)->willReturn($user);

    $this->forgot($email)->shouldReturn(true);
}

function it_returns_false_if_user_is_not_found(Sentry $sentry)
{
    $email = 'johndavedecano@gmail.com';

    $sentry->willThrow(new UserNotFoundException())->duringFindUserByLogin($email);

    $this->forgot($email)->shouldReturn(false);
}

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