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<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Revision</dt> <dd><a style="font-weight: bold" href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/54087">54087</a><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"EmailMessage","description":"Review this Commit","action":{"@type":"ViewAction","url":"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/54087","name":"Review Commit"}}</script></dd>
<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Author</dt> <dd>SergeyBiryukov</dd>
<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Date</dt> <dd>2022-09-06 22:00:11 +0000 (Tue, 06 Sep 2022)</dd>
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<pre style='padding-left: 1em; margin: 2em 0; border-left: 2px solid #ccc; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 105%; font-family: sans-serif'>Build/Test Tools: Remove magic methods from `WP_UnitTestCase_Base` (without a backward compatibility break).
These magic methods were introduced to prevent a backward compatibility break, but in actual fact:
1. ''Caused'' a backward compatibility break. The original `$factory` property was a `static` property and this declared property was replaced by the magic methods. Unfortunately, it was not realized at the time that these magic methods **''are not called for static property access''**.[[BR]][[BR]]
> Property overloading only works in object context. These magic methods will not be triggered in static context.
And as approaching a static property in a non-static manner is [https://3v4l.org/93HQL not supported in PHP], this effectively created a backward compatibility break instead of preventing it.
2. Were hiding errors in tests, as the magic methods would be invoked for non-existent properties and would return `null` (get) or `false` (isset). See <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/54040">[54040]</a>, <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/54041">[54041]</a>, and <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/54077">[54077]</a> for bug fixes related to this.
3. Are problematic in relation to PHP 8.2, as the implementation is incomplete, does not protect against dynamic properties and hides PHP notices about undefined properties.
Now, there were several options to mitigate this:
1. Revert the original commit. This would be problematic, as the ''non-static'' version of these properties has now been supported for 7 years, so this would create a new backward compatibility break.
2. Improve the magic methods. With all the issues with magic methods (see the discussion in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDZWepDQQVE livestream from August 16, 2022], this would probably cause more problems than it's worth and would make for a much more complex implementation, which is over the top for this relatively simple functionality, especially in the context of a test suite.
3. Remove the magic methods without adding the property. This would again cause a backward compatibility break, though one for which the mitigation solution would be relatively straightforward, i.e. to replace property access using `$this->factory` with a function call `$this->factory()` (or `self::factory()`, as the method is declared as static). While we can (and have in a subsequent commit) mitigate this for the WP Core test suite, mitigating this for plugin or theme integration tests is outside of our purview and they would still need to deal with this backward compatibility break.
4. The current solution: removing the magic methods, explicitly declaring the (non-static) property and setting it in the `set_up()` method. This does not constitute a backward compatibility break with the functionality as it was over the past 7 years. Setting the property in `set_up()` may be {U+201C}late{U+201D}, but that is the earliest place in which the property can be set as non-static. If the factory would be needed prior to `set_up()`, the (static) `WP_UnitTestCase_Base::factory()` method should be called directly. This is no different from how this functionality behaved over the past 7 years.
Note: The property is straight away marked as {U+201C}deprecated{U+201D}, since the method should be favored over the use of the property.
Reference: [https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php#object.get PHP Manual: Property overloading: __get()]
Follow-up to <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/35225">[35225]</a>, <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/35242">[35242]</a>.
Props jrf, costdev.
See <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56514">#56514</a>.</pre>
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<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/tests/phpunit/includes/abstract-testcase.php 2022-09-06 21:13:17 UTC (rev 54086)
+++ trunk/tests/phpunit/includes/abstract-testcase.php 2022-09-06 22:00:11 UTC (rev 54087)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -23,16 +23,15 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> protected static $hooks_saved = array();
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> protected static $ignore_files;
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- public function __isset( $name ) {
- return 'factory' === $name;
- }
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ /**
+ * Fixture factory.
+ *
+ * @deprecated 6.1.0 Use the WP_UnitTestCase_Base::factory() method instead.
+ *
+ * @var WP_UnitTest_Factory
+ */
+ protected $factory;
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- public function __get( $name ) {
- if ( 'factory' === $name ) {
- return self::factory();
- }
- }
-
</del><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * Fetches the factory object for generating WordPress fixtures.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -103,6 +102,8 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> public function set_up() {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> set_time_limit( 0 );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ $this->factory = self::factory();
+
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> if ( ! self::$ignore_files ) {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> self::$ignore_files = $this->scan_user_uploads();
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
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