phpunit

How can I get XDebug to run with PHPUnit on the CLI?

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The xdebug.profiler_enable setting can’t be changed at runtime but only at the start of script. Running phpunit -d foo=bar will just lead to phpunit calling ini_set(“foo”, “bar”); and that doesn’t work since the value can’t change at runtime. See: xdebug.profiler_enable Enables Xdebug’s profiler which creates files in the profile output directory. Those files can be … Read more

Autoloading classes in PHPUnit using Composer and autoload.php

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Well, at first. You need to tell the autoloader where to find the php file for a class. That’s done by following the PSR-0 standard. The best way is to use namespaces. The autoloader searches for a Acme/Tests/ReturningTest.php file when you requested a Acme\Tests\ReturningTest class. There are some great namespace tutorials out there, just search … Read more

PHPUnit: how do I mock multiple method calls with multiple arguments?

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In my case the answer turned out to be quite simple: $this->expects($this->at(0)) ->method(‘write’) ->with(/* first set of params */); $this->expects($this->at(1)) ->method(‘write’) ->with(/* second set of params */); The key is to use $this->at(n), with n being the Nth call of the method. I couldn’t do anything with any of the logicalOr() variants I tried.

How to test a second parameter in a PHPUnit mock object

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I believe the way to do this is: $observer->expects($this->once()) ->method(‘method’) ->with($this->equalTo($arg1),$this->equalTo($arg2)); Or $observer->expects($this->once()) ->method(‘method’) ->with($arg1, $arg2); If you need to perform a different type of assertion on the 2nd arg, you can do that, too: $observer->expects($this->once()) ->method(‘method’) ->with($this->equalTo($arg1),$this->stringContains(‘some_string’)); If you need to make sure some argument passes multiple assertions, use logicalAnd() $observer->expects($this->once()) ->method(‘method’) ->with($this->logicalAnd($this->stringContains(‘a’), $this->stringContains(‘b’)));

Can I “Mock” time in PHPUnit?

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I recently came up with another solution that is great if you are using PHP 5.3 namespaces. You can implement a new time() function inside your current namespace and create a shared resource where you set the return value in your tests. Then any unqualified call to time() will use your new function. For further … Read more

PHPUnit best practices to organize tests

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I’ll start of by linking to the manual and then going into what I’ve seen and heard in the field. Organizing phpunit test suites Module / Test folder organization in the file system My recommended approach is combining the file system with an xml config. tests/ \ unit/ | – module1 | – module2 – … Read more