Running phpUnit in PhpED

PhpED is integrated with phpUnit - PHP standard unit testing framework . Using PhpED phpUnit features you can configure, run and debug test cases for your Project with out ever leaving PHP IDE.

How to install phpUnit

In PhpED you can install phpUnit along with PEAR using Tools->Settings->External Tools. The whole operation takes a couple of clicks in the menu of the Editor/IDE settings

To generate phpUnit tests in Active project use Tools->Show Test Suite menu. It displays the tree of tests found in current Active Project You can easily navigate through the tests source and scan the project for new tests using Test Suite Tree pop up menu.

• Go to source. Open the source code of selected phpUnit test script
• Re-discover Tests. Scan the project files and directories to find phpUnit tests according to the rules specified in Project Properties Tests tab.
• Sort by Definition. Sort the class method in the same order that they are declared in the test source file
• Sort Alphabetically. Sort the tests according to their names alphabetically
• List View. Switch to the list view of all tests
• Tree View. Switch to the tree view of all tests
• Strip Suffixes. Remove suffixes from the display of the test methods
• Track Current. Expand the tree node corresponding to the currently executed test. The system will keep track of the test execution and update the tree display accordingly

How to configure phpUnit test suits in PhpED

To configure phpUnit tests in Project go to Project Properties Tests tab

How to run phpUnit tests in PhpED

To execute the tests use Test Suite Toolbar items: Run All. Run all of the tests in the Suite Run selected. Run the tests from the node selected in the tree Stop. Interrupt current execution

Other items in Test Suite Toolbar (see the tool tip under the icon of each item)

• Previous and Next test results (left and right green circle with white arrow buttons). Display previously stored test results
• Pick new test. Scan the project and regenerate the Test Suite according to the rules configured in Project Properties Tests tab and/or Test Suite settings
• Find Test drop down and search button. Search for the tests in the tree
• Check all and Unceck all boxes. Check or uncheck all nodes on the Test Suite Tree
• Save Test results. Save current test results and make them available for future retrieval using Previous and Next test results
• Show History. Display the labels and date stamps of previously saved tests
• Export Data. Export current test results to excel, csv or other file formats

Running phpUnit remotely

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