Test Time Save
A helper to control the flow of time
A helper to control the flow of time
Carbon is an excellent library to work with time in PHP projects. The Spatie\TestTime\TestTime class contains a few functions that under the hood manipulate the time that's considered the current time by Carbon.
// the flow of time is frozen
TestTime::freeze();
// we're now one year in the future
TestTime::addYear();
// will report the real current year + 1
$year = (new Carbon())->format('Y');
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Installation
You can install the package via composer:
composer require spatie/test-time
Usage
You can freeze the time with:
TestTime::freeze();
Alternatively you can pass in a carbon instance that will be used as the current time.
TestTime::freeze($carbonInstance);
You can also pass a format and time.
TestTime::freeze('Y-m-d', '2019-06-12');
Progressing time
You can progress the time with any of the carbon functions starting with add or sub.
TestTime::addMinute();
TestTime::subHours(5);
// you can also chain calls
TestTime::addMonth(3)->addYear();
Unfreezing time
To let time flow naturally again, call unfreeze.
TestTime::unfreeze();
Testing
composer test
Changelog
Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.
Contributing
Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.
Security
If you've found a bug regarding security please mail [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.
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License
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.
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