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5 useful PHPUnit Assertions you should start using today
5 min readMar 2, 2021
PHPUnit has been blowing away its competition for more than 5 years now. With the use of the right PHPUnit assertions, you can get the most benefit out of PHPUnit. In this post, we will look into some popular and very useful PHPUnit assertions you should be using day to day in your PHPUnit tests. Let’s get cracking!
PHPUnit Assertions to know about
Currently, PHPUnit is at version 9.5. As per the latest docs, there are 60 assert methods you can use in your PHPUnit tests.
These PHPUnit assertions range from checking if array has a key to the ever-popular assert equals to the not so widely used XML string comparing PHPUnit assertion.
Analyzing PHPUnit Assertions usage in a small, medium, and large project
To know which PHPUnit assertions are used most in the projects I have worked with in the past years I ran the following command:
