PHPUnit Exception [duplicate]

Question

I have the following code that creates a new user. I am using PHPUnit to prepare test cases but however my code coverage is unable to cover the exception case i.e. throw new Exception(__CLASS__ . ': Invalid data');.

Can someone please show me how to cover the exception case in phpunit using assertInstanceOf() or something else?

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/**
* Creates a new user
*
* @param string            $email
* @param UserType       $UserType
*
* @return UserID
* @throws Exception If Invalid Data is Provided
*/
static public function Create($email, UserType $UserType)
{
    if (!$UserType instanceof UserType) {
        throw new Exception(__CLASS__ . ': Invalid data');
    }

    $UserID = parent::Create($email, $UserType);

    return $UserID;

}

Many thanks

Answer 1

Write a test where you put something else then an instance of the right class into parameter $UserType. For instance a string:

/**
* @covers MyClass::Create
* @expectedException Exception
*/
public function testCreate() {
    $myTestedInstance->Create('[email protected]', 'invalid param', ....);
}