Building Testable Applications using the Repository Pattern - http://www.slashnode.com/the-repository-pattern/

LiteratureControllerTest.php

<?php 

use Mockery as m;

class PostControllerTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase {

  private $postRepository;
  private $postController;

  public function setUp()
  {
    parent::setup();
    $this->postRepository = m::mock('Acme\Storage\PostRepository');
		
    // inject the mocked version of the repository
    $this->postController = new Acme\Controllers\PostController($this->postRepository);
  }

  public function tearDown()
  {
    m::close();
    parent::tearDown();
  }
	
  public function testIndex()
  {
    $this->postRepository->shoudlReceive('paginate')->once()->andReturn(array());
    $response = $this->postController->index();
    $this->assertEqual(array(), $response);
  }
	
  // etc...
}