Can I unit-test ActiveRecord models without a database connection?

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
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If possible, it would be nice to test some methods in ActiveRecord models without supplying a complete database fixture. Is the only alternative to mock the database connection class?

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To make things even worse for mocking, components are read-only.

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Meh, I’ll just move anything non-db related to service classes instead.

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Is this issue solved in Yii 3, by the way?

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Or maybe a solution can be to create an interface that extends your model, and then use this interface instead in your service classes?

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Solution here: How to mock ActiveRecord

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