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Testing CLI Commands and Exit Codes with PHPUnit

Maxim Mironjuk - May 12, 2025

CLI commands are often the least tested part of a PHP application. Yet these are exactly the commands that drive cron jobs, migrations, deployments and critical batch operations. The exit code is the only communication channel between a process and the calling system, and it has to be correct so CI pipelines and orchestrators can react to failures.

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Testing Magento GraphQL Resolvers with PHPUnit Without Building the Full Schema

Maxim Mironjuk - May 10, 2025

Magento GraphQL resolvers implement a simple, well-defined interface that can be tested directly with PHPUnit, without ever building the complete schema, once field resolution and data fetching are cleanly separated.

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Using PhpStorm with PHPUnit Cleanly in Docker and Magento Projects

Maxim Mironjuk - May 02, 2025

Using PHPUnit in PhpStorm is trivial when PHP is installed locally. With Docker interpreters, Magento-specific bootstrap files and integration tests that require a running database, the configuration becomes more complex. This guide shows how to solve each of these cases cleanly.

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PHPUnit Database Tests: When Real DB Access Makes Sense

Maxim Mironjuk - April 22, 2025

Repository tests with mocks check the wrong layer. A mock repository cannot detect a SQL syntax problem, an index problem, or an N+1 bug. Real database access in tests is expensive, but irreplaceable at the right spots. The art lies in knowing exactly where those spots are and how to implement database isolation reliably.

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Making SOAP and Legacy Interfaces Testable in Magento

Maxim Mironjuk - April 18, 2025

PHP's native SoapClient and similar proprietary legacy interfaces are hard to handle with classic PHPUnit mocks, because they open a network connection in the constructor and ship final declared methods. A thin wrapper interface solves exactly this problem and makes ERP or inventory system integrations in Magento projects cleanly testable.

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Testing Magento Cron Jobs in Isolation with PHPUnit

Maxim Mironjuk - April 13, 2025

Magento cron jobs don't need to be tested through the full cron execution: by calling the job class directly and separating scheduling from business logic, every cron job can be treated as an ordinary PHPUnit test.

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Testing Queue Consumers and Async Code in Magento with PHPUnit

Maxim Mironjuk - April 09, 2025

Magento consumers run asynchronously against RabbitMQ, yet the actual processing logic behind them can be tested fully synchronously without a running broker once the consumer class and the domain logic are cleanly separated.

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PHPUnit Snapshots in PHP Tests: When Useful, When Dangerous

Maxim Mironjuk - April 09, 2025

Snapshot tests sound tempting: run once, save the result, done. In practice, though, they quickly turn into a maintenance burden if you do not exactly understand which scenarios they fit and how much discipline the team needs to apply.

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Securing SearchCriteria, Collections and EAV Access in Tests

Maxim Mironjuk - April 01, 2025

SearchCriteria queries, collection filters and EAV attributes are the three most common data access patterns in Magento, and at the same time the three most common places where tests are either missing or structured incorrectly. This article shows which test type fits which access pattern and how to secure each one correctly.

Magento GraphQl PHPUnit REST-API Security/OWASP Testing/E2E

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Production-Ready GraphQL Checklist: Performance, Testing, Security, Tooling

Maxim Mironjuk - March 31, 2025

A GraphQL API that works in development mode is not yet a production-ready API. Performance traps, security gaps and missing observability only surface under load, exactly when there is little room to react. This checklist closes those gaps before they become a problem.