Smart web developers will tell you that the sooner you detect your code mistakes, the quicker you can fix them, and the less the project will cost in the long run. Well, the most efficient way to detect your mistakes in PHP is with PHPUnit, an open source framework that automates unit testing by running a battery of tests as you go. The benefits of PHPUnit are significant:a reduction in the effort required to frequently test code fewer overall defects added confidence in your code improved relations with your open source teammates The only problem with this popular testing tool was its lack of documentation-until now, that is. For this, O'Reilly went right to the source, as Sebastian Bergmann, the author of PHPUnit Pocket Guide, also happens to be PHPUnit's creator. This little book brings together hard-to-remember information, syntax, and rules for working with PHPUnit. It also delivers the insight and sage advice that can only come from the technology's creator. Coverage of testing under agile methodologies and Extreme Programming (XP) is also included. The latest in O'Reilly's series of handy Pocket Guides, this quick-reference book puts all the answers are right at your fingertips. It's an invaluable companion for anyone interested in testing the PHP code they write for web applications. Contents......Page 6 Requirements......Page 10 Conventions Used in This Book......Page 11 How to Contact Us......Page 12 Automating Tests......Page 13 PHPUnit’s Goals......Page 16 Installing PHPUnit......Page 20 The Command-Line Test Runner......Page 21 Fixtures......Page 25 More setUp() than tearDown()......Page 27 Suite-Level Setup......Page 28 Testing Exceptions and Performance Regressions......Page 29 Exceptions......Page 30 Performance Regressions......Page 32 Incomplete Tests......Page 33 Test-First Programming......Page 34 BankAccount Example......Page 36 Code-Coverage Analysis......Page 41 Stubs......Page 43 Self-Shunting......Page 45 Agile Documentation......Page 46 Cross-Team Tests......Page 47 Debugging Tests......Page 48 PHPUnit and Phing......Page 49 Formatting Feedback......Page 51 PHPUnit’s Implementation......Page 57 Overview......Page 59 PHPUnit2_Framework_Assert......Page 60 PHPUnit2_Framework_TestCase......Page 66 PHPUnit2_Framework_TestSuite......Page 67 PHPUnit2_Framework_TestResult......Page 71 Package Structure......Page 74 Subclass PHPUnit2_Extensions_TestDecorator......Page 75 Implement PHPUnit2_Framework_Test......Page 77 Implement PHPUnit2_Framework_TestListener......Page 78 PHPUnit for PHP 4......Page 81 Bibliography......Page 84 Index......Page 86 Smart web developers will tell you that the sooner you detect your code mistakes, the quicker you can fix them, and the less the project will cost in the long run. Well, the most efficient way to detect your mistakes in PHP is with PHPUnit, an open source framework that automates unit testing by running a battery of tests as you go. The benefits of PHPUnit are significant: a reduction in the effort required to frequently test codefewer overall defectsadded confidence in your codeimproved relations with your open source teammates The o
