PHPSpec: function returning by reference

Question

I updated Doctrine 2.5 to 2.6 in my project and phpspec is broken.

The function getEntityChangeSet() is now returned by reference. It seems not to be supported by phpspec.

$unitOfWork
    ->getEntityChangeSet($site)
    ->willReturn(['_dataParent' => [0 => 2, 1 => 3]]);

The response is returning by reference not supported

the underlying function (doctrine/doctrine2) is

public function & getEntityChangeSet($entity)
{
    $oid  = spl_object_hash($entity);
    $data = [];

    if (!isset($this->entityChangeSets[$oid])) {
        return $data;
    }

    return $this->entityChangeSets[$oid];
}

Do you know if it's possible to bypass this or change test for make it work?

Answer 1

The answer has been given on Twitter by @Pamilme

You have to mock UnitOfWork with Mockery. An example can be found here:

    /** @var UnitOfWork|MockInterface $unitOfWork */
    $unitOfWork = Mockery::mock(UnitOfWork::class);
    $unitOfWork->shouldReceive('getEntityChangeSet')->withArgs([$productAttribute->getWrappedObject()])->andReturn([
        'configuration' => [
            ['choices' => [
                '8ec40814-adef-4194-af91-5559b5f19236' => 'Banana',
                '1739bc61-9e42-4c80-8b9a-f97f0579cccb' => 'Pineapple',
            ]],
            ['choices' => [
                '8ec40814-adef-4194-af91-5559b5f19236' => 'Banana',
            ]],
        ],
    ]);
    $entityManager->getUnitOfWork()->willReturn($unitOfWork);

Answer 2

if you extends TestCase on your test class, you can also do something like:

$uow = $this->createMock(UnitOfWork::class);
$uow->method('getEntityChangeSet')->willReturn(['_dataParent' => [0 => 2, 1 => 3]);