Notes on writing phpt tests

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:

[php]– TEST –
One line only description of test
– FILE –
< ?php
?>
– EXPECT –[/php]

• 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