Doubling interfaces and abstract properties with property hooks

Author: davidbyoungCreated Sep 13, 2024Updated Aug 27, 2025

LabelsFeature Request

With PHP 8.4 coming up, we need a way of doubling interface property and abstract property hooks. A similar issue is open in PHPUnit. For example, we may have the following interface:

php

interface Foo
{
    public string $gettable { get; }
    public string $gettableAndSettable { get; set; }
    public string $settable { set; }
}

or similarly, this abstract class:

php

abstract class Foo
{
    abstract public string $gettable { get; }
    abstract public string $gettableAndSettable { get; set; }
    abstract public string $settable { set; }
}

We need the ability to mock what getters return and what setters receive, eg

php

// Arrange
$foo = Mockery::mock(Foo::class);
// Not a real method, but conveys what I'm trying to accomplish
$foo->shouldReceivePropertyGetter('gettable')
    ->andReturn('bar');
$foo->shouldReceivePropertyGetter('gettableAndSettable')
    ->andReturn('baz');
// Not a real method, but conveys what I'm trying to accomplish
$foo->shouldReceivePropertySetter('gettableAndSettable')
    ->with('qux');
$foo->shouldReceivePropertySetter('settable')
    ->with('quz');

// Act
$foo->gettable; // Should return 'bar'
$foo->gettableAndSettable; // Should return 'baz'
$foo->gettableAndSettable = 'qux';
$foo->settable = 'quz';

Source: mockery/mockery

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