Mockery not able to call my method in testing method

Question

I'm trying to write a test for a method in the class below. However, when I run the test I get the error that get_b64 is never run? I don't see how this is not running.

I've had a little look into the mockery documentation for testing static methods, but as far as I can tell this error isn't due to that?

What do I need to change with my testing strategy or be able to mock the function call in the mocked object?

Class:

namespace App\Services\Steam;

use App\Services\Steam\Utils;

class Steam
{
    public function profile(string $steamID)
    {
        $b64 = Utils::get_b64($steamID);

        if ($b64 === null) {
            throw new \App\Exceptions\InvalidSteamId();
        }

        return new Profile($b64);
    }   
}

TestCase:

public function test_create_user_object()
{   
    $id = "123"
    $utilsMock  = Mockery::mock(\App\Services\Steam\Utils::class);

    $utilsMock->shouldReceive('get_b64')
                ->once()
                ->with($id)
                ->andReturn($id);

    $steam = new \App\Services\Steam\Steam();
    $steam->profile($id);
}

Alex Blex Alex Blex · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-11T15:08:23

You call get_b64 statically, which means it is called from the class, not an object.

To mock such calls you need to use aliases:

public function test_create_user_object()
{   
    $id = "123"
    $utilsMock  = Mockery::mock('alias:\App\Services\Steam\Utils');

    $utilsMock->shouldReceive('get_b64')
                ->once()
                ->with($id)
                ->andReturn($id);

    $steam = new \App\Services\Steam\Steam();
    $steam->profile($id);
}

Bear in mind that it completely replaces the Utils class, so if you have more static functions called from the class, you need to mock them as well.

Mockery not able to call my method in testing method

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