PHPunit - CLI PHP file includes/requires

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For example if I have a php script called "RunAllTests.php" in '/var/www/tests/RunAllTests.php' and I execute phpunit within the that directory, the includes in "RunAllTests.php" are found.

If I execute phpunit on that same file, from another directory, lets say '/var/www/', the included files in "RunAllTests.php" cannot be located. - "failed to open stream: No such file or directory in"

I kept this a little bit vague, let me know if you need some more specifics.

Wrikken · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-20 02:27:15Z

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Your requires are wrong / not portable: they expect the directory of the file (or some other fixed directory) to be the working dir.

Your options are:

Just start the process from the correct dir.
chdir(__DIR__) in your script.
include / require relative to the __DIR__ constant in your files (which IMHO is most portable)
define a working dir in code beforehand, use that value (related to (3) but more fixed).

answered Jul 20, 2010 at 2:27

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Anthony Over a year ago

Thanks wrikken. Ended up using chdir since some of the includes are relative paths 1 directory back which was making the magicvar DIR not applicable I believe... still learning.

Wrikken Over a year ago

Well, you can still include __DIR__.'/../levelhigherfile.php';

andho Over a year ago

You can put the value of __DIR__ in a constant APPLICATION_PATH or TEST_PATH and use that constant in your other files.

Wrikken Over a year ago

...which is what I meant with point (4), sorry if that wasn't clear.

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