method to test private or protected methods of class

testPrivateOrProtectedMethod.php

<?php

class PseudoUserTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
	public function invokeMethod(&$object, $methodName, $parameters = array())
	{
		$reflection = new ReflectionClass(get_class($object));
		$method = $reflection->getMethod($methodName);
		$method->setAccessible(true);
		
		return $method->invokeArgs($object, $parameters);
	}
}