Re: White box testing

Dagfinn Reiersøl wrote:

Jason Sweat wrote:

--- Dagfinn Reiersøl <reiersol-f/vm7P8qpiNhl2p70BpVqQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

  

If I really want to do this, I can probably live with something simpler, 
like this:

function include_whitebox($file) {
    $code = file_get_contents($file);
    $code = preg_replace('/(private|protected)/','public',$code);
    eval('?>'.$code.'<?php ');
}

include_whitebox('MyClass.php');
    

That regex could be over-zealous, I would at least do:
$code = preg_replace('/\b(private|protected)\b/i','public',$code);

If not add somekind of a look ahead assertion for whitespace, then a "$"
character or the word "function".

  

You're right. This was just a quick and dirty implementation to show the idea. I've never actually used it, and I'm not sure I need it.

P.S. It occurred to me that there is one specific situation in which I've missed the ability to test private or protected members: complex object construction. I might construct an object out of several other objects, and if it's complex enough the process could fail. The component objects are frequently in private variables with no need for accessors.