Separate data provider from test case class

Question

I want to use PHPUnit to test my PHP class.

Is it possible to put data providers for my test methods in a separate file created only for storing dataproviders? If so how to do that?

Another question is whether it's a good practice or perhaps it's better to keep test and data provider methods in the same test class.

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '17 at 15:35

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Simply use @dataProvider class::method to use a method from a different class than the test case class as a data provider for a test.

answered Jun 04 '17 at 15:35

Sebastian Bergmann

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Note that it works only with the fully qualified name of the class in the annotation, like `@dataProvider \App\Tests\MyProvider::method()` as explained in [this other response](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45866365/how-can-i-reference-external-data-providers-in-phpunit). – Olivier Maurel Sep 05 '18 at 05:50

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 26 '19 at 09:47

In Laravel 5.7, I've used:

From Tests:

@dataProvider \App\Tests\DataProviders\ClassNameDataProvider::dataMethodName()

From ClassNameDataProvider:

public static function dataMethodName(): array
    {
        return [
            [
                'input',
                'output',
            ],
         ]
     }

Separate data provider from test case class

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