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PHPUnit | assertArrayNotHasKey() function

The assertArrayNotHasKey() function is a builtin function in PHPUnit and is used to assert an array not having a particular key.This assertion will return true in the case if the array doesn’t have the provided key else return false and in case of true the asserted test case got passed else test case got failed.

Syntax:

assertArrayNotHasKey(mixed $key, array $array[, string $message = ''])

Parameters: This function accepts three parameters as shown in the above syntax. The parameters are described below:

  1. $key: This parameter represents name of the key to be contained by array..
  2. $array: This parameter is an array for whom the key is to be searched.
  3. $message: This parameter takes string value. When the testcase got failed this string message got displayed as error message.

Below programs illustrate the assertArrayNotHasKey() function:

Program 1:




<?php
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
  
class GeeksPhpunitTestCase extends TestCase
{
    public function testNegativeTestcaseForArrayNotHasKey()
    {
        // array to be tested
        $array  = array('neveropen' => 'neveropenForneveropen', );
        // assert function to test whether 'neveropen' is a key of array
        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('neveropen', $array, "Array  contains 'neveropen' as key");
    }
}
  
?>


Output:

PHPUnit 6.5.5 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

F                                                                   1 / 1 (100%)

Time: 61 ms, Memory: 4.00MB

There was 1 failure:

1) GeeksPhpunitTestCase::testNegativeTestcaseForArrayNotHasKey
Array  contains 'neveropen' as key
Failed asserting that an array does not have the key 'neveropen'.

/home/shivam/Documents/neveropen/phpunit/abc.php:11

FAILURES!
Tests: 1, Assertions: 1, Failures: 1.

Program 2:




<?php
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
  
class GeeksPhpunitTestCase extends TestCase
{
    public function testPositiveTestcaseForArrayNotHasKey()
    {
        // array to be tested
        $array  = array('geek' => 'neveropenForneveropen', );
        // assert function to test whether 'geek' is a key of array
        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('neveropen', $array, "Array contains 'neveropen' as key");
    }
}
  
?>


Output:

PHPUnit 6.5.5 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

.                                                                   1 / 1 (100%)

Time: 21 ms, Memory: 4.00MB

OK (1 test, 1 assertion)

Note : To run testcases with phpunit follow steps from here.

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