Verify is a very tiny wrapper for PHPUnit assertions, that are aimed to make tests a bit more readable. With BDD assertions influenced by Chai, Jasmine, and RSpec your assertions would be a bit closer to natural language.
To install verify 2.0 (Requires PHP 7.1 or higher)
composer require codeception/verify --dev
Usage
Use in any test verify function instead of $this->assert* methods:
use Codeception\Verify\Verify;
$user = User::find(1);
// equals
verify($user->getName())->equals('davert');
verify($user->getNumPosts())
->equals(5, 'user have 5 posts')
->notEquals(3);
// contains
Verify::Array($user->getRoles())
->contains('admin', 'first user is admin')
->notContains('banned', 'first user is not banned');
// greater / less
verify($user->getRate())
->greaterThan(5)
->lessThan(10)
->equals(7, 'first user rate is 7');
// true / false / null
verify($user->isAdmin())->true();
verify($user->isBanned())->false();
verify($user->invitedBy)->null();
verify($user->getPosts())->notNull();
// empty
verify($user->getComments())->empty();
verify($user->getRoles())->notEmpty();
// throws
Verify::Callable($callback)
->throws()
->throws(Exception::class)
->throws(Exception::class, 'exception message')
->throws(new Exception())
->throws(new Exception('message'));
// does not throw
Verify::Callable($callback)
->doesNotThrow()
->throws(Exception::class)
->doesNotThrow(new Exception());
// and many more !
Released under an MIT license, for more information https://github.com/Codeception/Verify
