Thread: Zend_Test: how to set up?

Originally Posted by ZFerik

I've been reading the Zend_Test documentation over and over again, but I can't figure out how to actually call the Test classes. I mean, a normal "page" is just called by example.com/controller/action or example.com/module/controller/action. But how do I run a test? Should I install PHPUnit for that? Or is there some way to call a test from the browser? And where do I put the test-files?

I understand how to write tests, I just can't figure out how to run them and where to put the files.

Thx!

Did you ever find an answer to this?

Thanks!

The way I have been testing my models is through using PHPUnit. I just wrote a tutorial for installing and configuring the Zend Framework and I'll be putting together another lesson about testing in the future.

After installing PHPUnit, I create a 'tests' folder on the same level as my application and library folders - outside the root directory of the web site. Then I create a bootstrap file just for my tests that looks something like this.

Code:

<?php
//File name: TestConfiguration.php

TestConfiguration::setUp();

class TestConfiguration {
  
  public static function setUp() {
    require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework.php';     
    require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework/TestSuite.php';    
    require_once 'PHPUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php';
    
    error_reporting( E_ALL | E_STRICT );
    
    $appRoot = realpath(dirname(basename(__FILE__)).'/..');
    
    set_include_path($appRoot . '/application/models/' 
            . PATH_SEPARATOR . $appRoot . '/library/'
            . PATH_SEPARATOR . $appRoot . '/application/config/'
            . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path()); 

    require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
    Zend_Loader::registerAutoload(); 
    
    // Set up the config in the registry path relative to public/index.php
    $cfg = new Zend_Config_Ini('config.ini', 'test'); 
    Zend_Registry::set('config', $cfg);

    // Set up the database in the Registry
    $db = Zend_Db::factory($cfg->db);
    Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultAdapter($db);
    
    // Set timezone
    date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York");
  }
  
}
?>

Than I write tests and put them in my tests/models folder. A test file looks something like this.

Code:

<?php
// File name: Models_AddressTest.php

require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../TestConfiguration.php';

class Models_AddressTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

  public function testValidObject() {
    /* some code to test stuff */
    $this->assertEquals(0, count($errors));
  }
  
}

?>

Finally, to run the test I will open up a terminal, cd to my tests directory then type: phpunit Models_AddressTest

Thank a lot, nice post! But when I run it, it says
Could not open input file: .\pear\PHPUnit2\TextUI\TestRunner.php
Do you have any idea whats wrong?

I can run test from:
C:\projects\Prova\php\phpunit2>php stringtest.php


TestCase ArrTest->testNewArrayIsEmpty() passed
TestCase ArrTest->testArrayContainsAnElement() passed

Thanks again!
Maria