Setting up unit testing in the Zend Framework

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I'm just getting started with unit testing in the zend framework. I've read lots of the docs ZF and PhpUnit but there are a few things I can't figure out.

I have Zend Framework set up. Do I need to install PHPUnit too or is it all sorted within the framework?
Zend Framework has created files for the unit tests under /tests/application/controllers/ControllerNameTest.php. I assume I create my tests here.
How do I run a test? I'm sure this is really simple because the docs I have read assume I should know how to do this. Do I do it from the command line? If so, how?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

ExtraWeich · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-20 11:17:17Z

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You need to install PHPUnit, too. Zend Framework and PHPUnit are two different things. You find the installation instructions for PHPUnit here: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit.

Basically, You can put the tests where you want. But the tests-Folder is a good place for them.

After you have installed phpunit, you can call your unit tests from the command line. Just enter the folder where you put your tests on command line and type "phpunit", this will run all tests in the folder. You can also use the --filter option to run a single test.

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Jonny White Over a year ago

Thank you. I now have phpunit installed and can run it from the command line. In this document: framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.test.phpunit.html it demonstrates some tests but I can't figure out how phpunit will get the context for the whole zend framework application.

Lukasz Kujawa · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24 11:31:49Z

You need to install the phpunit. The easiest way in my opinion is using PEAR (http://www.phpunit.de/manual/current/en/installation.html#installation.pear).

For testing controllers you can replicate the same code which you found in the ControllerNameTest.php file. For testing models you can create a PHPUnit test case.

<?php 

class YourApp_Model_YourModel  extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function setUp()
    {
        $application = new Zend_Application(
            APPLICATION_ENV,
            APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/application.ini'
        );

        $application->bootstrap('config')
                             ->bootstrap('defaultModuleAutoloader')
                             ->bootstrap('autoloader');

            // You might need to add few more bootstrap, depends on your needs
    }

    public function testSomeMethod(){}

I hope that helps.

Jonny White · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-20 12:02:16Z

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I have found a great guide to setting everything up here with PHPUnit and Zend Framework here:

http://grover.open2space.com/content/unit-testing-zend-framework-111-and-phpunit

answered Aug 20, 2012 at 12:02

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