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Writing PHP TestsPHPNW TestFest 2009
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Goals
Increase test coverage in PHP
Win an elePHPant
Have Fun
Beat London
Cheat if we have to
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Preparation
Grab gcc, autotools, flex-old, bison
Make your directory ~/testfest
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Snapshot
CVS Checkout
Snapshot (snaps.php.net)
Windows Snapshot (windows.php.net/snapshots/)
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Windows
run-tests.php
PHP 5.3 http://short.ie/yui3db
PHP 5.2 http://short.ie/zm5vwb
Relax
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Building
cd ~/testfest
./configure --disable-all --enable-spl
make / make -j3
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Checking it worked
sapi/cli/php -v
make test (takes a while)
Submit a report
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Running Selective Tests
run run-tests.php manually
set TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE
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Demo
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What makes a phpt?
Small Collection of PHP Scripts
Separated by section markers
TEST, FILE, EXPECT
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phpt bits--TEST--
Description of the test
--FILE--
Contents is passed to PHP
--EXPECT--
The expected output
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A simple phpt
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Other sections
--CREDITS--
--SKIPIF--
--EXPECTF--
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Sample Test
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SPL
Standard PHP Library
Solves Common Problems
Data structures, algorithms, iterators
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SPL Documentation
http://php.net/~helly/
http://uk2.php.net/spl
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Our Goals
Write a simple basic test
Write a test for SPLFixedArray, SPLDoublyLinkedList
Look at some iterator tests
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SVN Checkout
SVN Command Line
Tortoise SVN
Versions on OSX
http://testfest.php.net/repos/testfest/NorthWestUG/
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Run testSVN: http://testfest.php.net/repos/testfest/NorthWestUG/
Linux: export TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE=/path/to/checkout/sapi/cli/php
Windows: set TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE=c:\path\to\php.exe
php run-tests.php /path/to/svntestfest/ext/spl/tests
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URLs
http://qa.php.net/phpt_details.php
http://qa.php.net/write-test.php
http://uk.php.net/spl
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