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1. Automating Tests
2. PHPUnit's Goals
3. Installing PHPUnit
Requirements
PHP Archive (PHAR)
Verifying PHPUnit PHAR Releases
Composer
Optional packages
Upgrading
4. Writing Tests for PHPUnit
Test Dependencies
Data Providers
Testing Exceptions
Testing PHP Errors
Testing Output
Assertions
assertArrayHasKey()
assertClassHasAttribute()
assertClassHasStaticAttribute()
assertContains()
assertContainsOnly()
assertContainsOnlyInstancesOf()
assertCount()
assertEmpty()
assertEqualXMLStructure()
assertEquals()
assertFalse()
assertFileEquals()
assertFileExists()
assertGreaterThan()
assertGreaterThanOrEqual()
assertInstanceOf()
assertInternalType()
assertJsonFileEqualsJsonFile()
assertJsonStringEqualsJsonFile()
assertJsonStringEqualsJsonString()
assertLessThan()
assertLessThanOrEqual()
assertNull()
assertObjectHasAttribute()
assertRegExp()
assertStringMatchesFormat()
assertStringMatchesFormatFile()
assertSame()
assertSelectCount()
assertSelectEquals()
assertSelectRegExp()
assertStringEndsWith()
assertStringEqualsFile()
assertStringStartsWith()
assertTag()
assertThat()
assertTrue()
assertXmlFileEqualsXmlFile()
assertXmlStringEqualsXmlFile()
assertXmlStringEqualsXmlString()
Error output
Edge cases
5. The Command-Line Test Runner
Command-Line Options
6. Fixtures
More setUp() than tearDown()
Variations
Sharing Fixture
Global State
7. Organizing Tests
Composing a Test Suite Using the Filesystem
Composing a Test Suite Using XML Configuration
8. Database Testing
Supported Vendors for Database Testing
Difficulties in Database Testing
The four stages of a database test
1. Clean-Up Database
2. Set up fixture
3–5. Run Test, Verify outcome and Teardown
Configuration of a PHPUnit Database TestCase
Implementing getConnection()
Implementing getDataSet()
What about the Database Schema (DDL)?
Tip: Use your own Abstract Database TestCase
Understanding DataSets and DataTables
Available Implementations
Beware of Foreign Keys
Implementing your own DataSets/DataTables
The Connection API
Database Assertions API
Asserting the Row-Count of a Table
Asserting the State of a Table
Asserting the Result of a Query
Asserting the State of Multiple Tables
Frequently Asked Questions
Will PHPUnit (re-)create the database schema for each test?
Am I required to use PDO in my application for the Database Extension to work?
What can I do, when I get a
“
Too much Connections
”
Error?
How to handle NULL with Flat XML / CSV Datasets?
9. Incomplete and Skipped Tests
Incomplete Tests
Skipping Tests
Skipping Tests using @requires
10. Test Doubles
Stubs
Mock Objects
Stubbing and Mocking Web Services
Mocking the Filesystem
11. Testing Practices
During Development
During Debugging
12. Test-Driven Development
BankAccount Example
13. Behaviour-Driven Development
BowlingGame Example
14. Code Coverage Analysis
Specifying Covered Methods
Ignoring Code Blocks
Including and Excluding Files
Edge cases
15. Other Uses for Tests
Agile Documentation
Cross-Team Tests
16. Skeleton Generator
Generating a Test Case Class Skeleton
Generating a Class Skeleton from a Test Case Class
17. PHPUnit and Selenium
Selenium Server
Installation
PHPUnit_Extensions_Selenium2TestCase
PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase
18. Logging
Test Results (XML)
Test Results (TAP)
Test Results (JSON)
Code Coverage (XML)
Code Coverage (TEXT)
19. Extending PHPUnit
Subclass PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
Write custom assertions
Implement PHPUnit_Framework_TestListener
Subclass PHPUnit_Extensions_TestDecorator
Implement PHPUnit_Framework_Test
A. Assertions
B. Annotations
@author
@backupGlobals
@backupStaticAttributes
@codeCoverageIgnore*
@covers
@coversDefaultClass
@coversNothing
@dataProvider
@depends
@expectedException
@expectedExceptionCode
@expectedExceptionMessage
@group
@large
@medium
@preserveGlobalState
@requires
@runTestsInSeparateProcesses
@runInSeparateProcess
@small
@test
@testdox
@ticket
C. The XML Configuration File
PHPUnit
Test Suites
Groups
Including and Excluding Files for Code Coverage
Logging
Test Listeners
Setting PHP INI settings, Constants and Global Variables
Configuring Browsers for Selenium RC
D. Index
E. Bibliography
F. Copyright