YII2 mock web Request class in controller - yii2

Question

In my yii2 controller I am running this:
$address = \Yii::$app->request->post('address');
How can I mock this request in PHPUnit? I've tried using mockery but cannot figure out how to mock the \Yii::$app part?

Answer 1

to mock a request in Yii2 try this
use yii\web\Request;
use Codeception\Stub;
private function mockRequest($attributes){
// mock a request
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = 'http://localhost';
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = '127.0.0.1';
\Yii::$app->requestedAction = new Action('fake', $this->model);
\Yii::$app->setHomeUrl('http://localhost');
return Stub::make(Request::class, [
'getUserIP' =>'127.0.0.1',
'enableCookieValidation' => false,
'getUserAgent' => 'Dummy User Agent',
'getBodyParams' => [
'MyModel' => $attributes
],
]);
}

Answer 2

I struggled quite a bit with this one last week. I'm using Codeception, but I believe this will also work for PHPUnit, only needing minor adjustments.
Create a partial mock of the Request class and set it as active request inside your test:
$request = $this->createPartialMock('\yii\web\Request', ['getUserIP', 'getUserAgent', 'getBodyParams', 'getIsAjax']);
$request->expects($this->any())
->method('getIsAjax')
->will($this->returnValue(true));
$request->expects($this->any())
->method('getUserIP')
->will($this->returnValue('127.0.0.1'));
$request->expects($this->any())
->method('getUserAgent')
->will($this->returnValue('Dummy User Agent'));
\Yii::$app->set('request', $request);
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