me talking out loud

Notes to self for writing phpt tests (so far):

• Doc page on writing phpt tests - http://qa.php.net/write-test.php
• basic format of a phpt:
PLAIN TEXT
PHP:

1. -- TEST --
2. One line only description of test
3. -- FILE --
4. <?php
5. ?>
6. -- EXPECT --
• try to break the function. That is the purpose of the tests after all.
• use var_dump instead of print_r - it shows the differences between null, empty strings and what nots.
• if you are using the latest cvs checkouts (have unicode support) - in the -- INI-- part set unicode-semantics=1
• in cases where you are expecting to generate an error - use the -- EXPECTF-- instead of the -- EXPECT--
• add a marker (Ex:'===DONE===') after the closing ?> to catch if the script continues after it

      

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 30th, 2006 at 12:48 am and is filed under General, PHP. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.