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Asserting all the things
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<p>As well as assertions within tests, you can also check within implementation code that things are in an expected state or contain a certain value.</p>
<p>In PHP, this is done by throwing an Exception if a condition is met.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code class="language-php">if (!is_array(false)) {
throw new \Exception('Not an array');
}
</code></pre>
<p>There's also the <code>assert</code> construct which, since PHP 8.0, throws an Exception by default:</p>
<pre><code class="language-php">assert(is_array(false));
</code></pre>
<p>You can also use an assertion library, such as <code>webmozart/assert</code> or <code>beberlei/assert</code> which provide assertions and guard methods:</p>
<pre><code class="language-php">use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
Assert::isArray(false);
</code></pre>
<p>Similarly, if the condition fails, it throws an Exception that can be caught elsewhere.</p>
<p>As well as basic assertions such as the item is the expected type or don't match the condition, there are more complex assertions, such as all items within an array are a certain type or that an integer is positive.</p>
<h2 id="here%27s-the-thing">Here's the thing</h2>
<p>I use guard conditions a lot within my code. If something is not as I'd expect, I like for an error to be thrown. This makes is easy to test and to debug any failures compared to failing silently.</p>
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<p>As well as assertions within tests, you can also check within implementation code that things are in an expected state or contain a certain value.</p>
<p>In PHP, this is done by throwing an Exception if a condition is met.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code class="language-php">if (!is_array(false)) {
throw new \Exception('Not an array');
}
</code></pre>
<p>There's also the <code>assert</code> construct which, since PHP 8.0, throws an Exception by default:</p>
<pre><code class="language-php">assert(is_array(false));
</code></pre>
<p>You can also use an assertion library, such as <code>webmozart/assert</code> or <code>beberlei/assert</code> which provide assertions and guard methods:</p>
<pre><code class="language-php">use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
Assert::isArray(false);
</code></pre>
<p>Similarly, if the condition fails, it throws an Exception that can be caught elsewhere.</p>
<p>As well as basic assertions such as the item is the expected type or don't match the condition, there are more complex assertions, such as all items within an array are a certain type or that an integer is positive.</p>
<h2 id="here%27s-the-thing">Here's the thing</h2>
<p>I use guard conditions a lot within my code. If something is not as I'd expect, I like for an error to be thrown. This makes is easy to test and to debug any failures compared to failing silently.</p>
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