Java conversion to php?

Question

Is it possible to convert this java code snippet to php?

public void testBalanceReturnsToZeroOnVending()
 {
 sodaVendor.insertCoin(50);
 sodaVendor.insertCoin(20);
 sodaVendor.insertCoin(5);
 // The price is right!
 assertEquals("We have entered correct money", 
 SODA_PRICE,
 sodaVendor.getCurrentBalance());
 sodaVendor.dispenseItem();
 assertEquals("After vending, the balance of soda vending machine is zero", 
 0,
 sodaVendor.getCurrentBalance());
 }

• RageZ: is that homework ? yeah that's definitely possible ... but ...
• Omnipresent: damn. soda in our vending machine costs a buck
• RageZ: who upvoted that question ?!?!? ......
• Omnipresent: @RageZ whoever downvoted your answer. it wasn't me though :)

Answer 1

Assuming PHPUnit is your unit testing framework:

<?php
require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework.php';
// require the file containing the class that sodaVendor is an instance of
define('SODA_PRICE', 75);
class SodaVendorTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 private $sodaVendor;
 public function setUp() {
 // set up $this->sodaVendor somehow...
 }
 public function tearDown() {
 $this->sodaVendor = null;
 }
 public function testBalanceReturnsToZeroOnVending() {
 $this->sodaVendor->insertCoin(50);
 $this->sodaVendor->insertCoin(20);
 $this->sodaVendor->insertCoin(5);
 // The price is right!
 $this->assertEquals(SODA_PRICE,
 $this->sodaVendor->getCurrentBalance(),
 "We have entered correct money");
 $this->sodaVendor->dispenseItem();
 $this->assertEquals(0,
 $this->sodaVendor->getCurrentBalance(),
 "After vending, the balance of soda vending machine is zero");
 }
}
?>

• Josh Leitzel: This is not valid. . is the concatenation operator in PHP. You need things like $sodaVendor->insertCoin(50);.
• Josh Leitzel: @Asaph: I have removed my downvote because you fixed the errors and removed the condescension. But for the record, I don't believe "It's not rocket science" is something appropriate for any question, especially when it's being posed by a relatively new user.
• Josh Leitzel: Also just went ahead and upvoted since you've made a good effort to show the OP how something (generally) in Java can be implemented with PHP.
• Amarghosh: "It's not rocket science" is condescending? Subjective. I beg to differ.
• Josh: I removed my downvote as well now that the answer has been corrected.

Answer 2

Any Java code can be converted to PHP

• Asaph: @Itay Moav: That's not generally true. PHP doesn't support threading for example.
• Kevin Montrose: @Asaph: Well, you could still pull it off effectively - just emulate co-operative multithreading. Not that I'd recommend it.
• Asaph: @Kevin Montrose: @Itay Moav: Another example of a java program that would not be possible to write in PHP is an Applet.
• Itay Moav -Malimovka: @Applet: I believe that with the correct plugin and GTK you actually can do something like an Applet, it is just that no one ever thought of trying it...

Answer 3

yes you can "translate" your Java code to PHP. Just it would have been nice you explain in the question a bit more what you are attending to do.

public function testBalanceReturnsToZeroOnVending()
 {
 $sodaVendor->insertCoin(50);
 $sodaVendor->insertCoin(20);
 $sodaVendor->insertCoin(5);
 // The price is right!
 assert("We have entered correct money", 
 SODA_PRICE ==
 $sodaVendor->getCurrentBalance());
 $sodaVendor->dispenseItem();
 assert("After vending, the balance of soda vending machine is zero", 
 0 == 
 $sodaVendor->getCurrentBalance());
 }

• Josh: This isn't valid PHP. PHP variables start with $
• Josh Leitzel: If you think a question is "nonsense," flag it and be on your way.
• RageZ: @josh: sure Josh ... I will pass next time
• RageZ: cleaned away bad comments and the "nonsense" which is right is not nice to the user who asked the question, with my excuses.