Laravel Tinker creating new object that have constructer as an interface

I am trying to use Laravel Tinker to create a new object that have a constructer as an interface. MyClass.php

class MyClass{
 public function __construct(ApiInterface $APIloader)
    {
        $this->APIloader = $APIloader;
    }
}

ApiInterface.php

interface ApiInterface {
    ..
    ..
}

I wanted to test my classes in tinker so what i have done is that:

The error that i got is :

PHP Fatal error: Class 'App\ApiInterface' not found in eval()'d code on line 1

The tinker is not allow me todo that i feel like the tinker does not recognize an interface as a class

Any idea ?

Thanks

Solution

You cannot create an instance of an interface.

If you want to test your code make a dummy class and use that.

class TestApi implements ApiInterface {}

$a = new App\MyClass(new App\TestApi);

A better alternative than a dummy class is just to use mock objects. They accomplish the same thing procedurally.