1 PHPUnit testing support in Moodle
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7 * [Moodle PHPUnit integration](http://docs.moodle.org/dev/PHPUnit)
8 * [PHPUnit online documentation](http://www.phpunit.de/manual/current/en/)
9 * [Composer dependency manager](http://getcomposer.org/)
14 Composer is a dependency manager for PHP projects.
15 It installs PHP libraries into /vendor/ subdirectory inside your moodle dirroot.
17 1. install Composer - [http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)
18 2. install PHUnit and dependencies - go to your Moodle dirroot and execute `php composer.phar install`
23 You need to create a new dataroot directory and specify a separate database prefix for the test environment,
24 see config-dist.php for more information.
26 * add `$CFG->phpunit_prefix = 'phpu_';` to your config.php file
27 * and `$CFG->phpunit_dataroot = '/path/to/phpunitdataroot';` to your config.php file
30 Initialise the test environment
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32 Before first execution and after every upgrade the PHPUnit test environment needs to be initialised,
33 this command also builds the phpunit.xml configuration files.
35 * execute `php admin/tool/phpunit/cli/init.php`
40 * execute `vendor/bin/phpunit` from dirroot directory
41 * you can execute a single test case class using class name followed by path to test file `vendor/bin/phpunit core_phpunit_basic_testcase lib/tests/phpunit_test.php`
42 * it is also possible to create custom configuration files in xml format and use `vendor/bin/phpunit -c mytestsuites.xml`
45 How to add more tests?
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47 1. create `tests/` directory in your add-on
48 2. add test file, for example `local/mytest/tests/my_test.php` file with `local_my_testcase` class that extends `basic_testcase` or `advanced_testcase`
49 3. add some test_*() methods
50 4. execute your new test case `vendor/bin/phpunit local_my_testcase local/mytest/tests/my_test.php`
51 5. execute `php admin/tool/phpunit/cli/init.php` to get the plugin tests included in main phpunit.xml configuration file
56 * use `\` instead of `/` in paths in examples above