Re: Creating a mocked model uses default database instead of test in PHPUnit

It worked, but in addition I have to set the model alias:

$this->User->alias = 'User';

because a simple `$this->User->read(null, 1)` raised an error saying
that 'User.a_column' couldn't be found.

On Nov 24, 3:22 pm, José Lorenzo <jose....@gmail.com> wrote:
> When mocking a model it is recommended that you pass the correct parameters
> to the contstructor:
>
> $this->User = $this->getMock('User', array('_saveUploadedFile', '_removeUploadedFile'),
> array(false, 'users', 'test'));
>
> The third parameter indicates that you want to use the 'users' table and
> the 'test' datasource for your mock object. That is what CakePHP internally
> does when you instantiate a new model in your tests using
> ClassRegistry::init()

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