PHPUnit not doing anything, no output

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I have written some test cases and want to try them out with PHPUnit. However, it does not work. If I run phpunit CategoryTest it outputs:

PHPUnit 3.7.14 by Sebastian Bergmann.

If I do phpunit --log-json error.log CategoryTest, error.log file displays:

{"event":"suiteStart","suite":"CategoryTest","tests":5}  
{"event":"testStart","suite":"CategoryTest","test":"CategoryTest::test__construct"}

So, it finds that there are 5 tests in the file, starts doing the first one and for no reason stops. Is there any log where I could find a reason why it would not continue execution? Also, if I run test on some other file, say phpunit --log-json error.log UserTest, the shell does not display any output and neither does error.log file.

I tried reinstalling it, as it was suggested in one of the other similar questions, but it didn't do anything.

Any ideas how I could fix it?

require_once '../Category.class.php';
require_once '../../db_connect.php';
require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php';

class CategoryTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

private $Category;

protected function setUp() {

    parent::setUp ();
    $this->Category = new Category(0, $mdb2);

}

protected function tearDown() {
    $this->Category = null;
    parent::tearDown ();
}

public function __construct() {

}

public function test__construct() {

    $this->markTestIncomplete ( "__construct test not implemented" );

    $cat = $this->Category->__construct(0, $mdb2);

    $this->assertInstanceOf('Category', $cat);
}

public function testReturnID() {

    $this->markTestIncomplete ( "returnID test not implemented" );

    $id = $this->Category->returnID();

    $this->assertEquals(0, $id);

}
  ...
}

Variable $mdb2 comes from the db_connect.php file.

I figured it out. The problem was that I included a variable from outside of a class.

Can you show us some code? Like your php test class or the class tested so we can help and see the type error — Hugo Dozois, Feb 22 '13 at 03:14
Check for error.log in /var/log file. `tail -f /var/log/error.log` on sytem or in rule another for site. — Marin Sagovac, Feb 22 '13 at 03:15
Just added some code. And I ran `tail -f /var/log/error.log` but there was no such file — Lukas Bijaminas, Feb 22 '13 at 03:27
You shouldn't overwrite the `__construct()` method in your TestCase. The constructor sets up the mock generator, so you get a lot of strange behaviour and unwanted side effects if you overwrite the constructor. The `setUp()` method is the special method you should use to initialize your test. — Bram Gerritsen, Feb 22 '13 at 15:18
@BramGerritsen That sounds like an answer (the answer), not a comment ;-) — Darren Cook, Feb 24 '13 at 08:30
@Darren Cook, you are right ;). Thanks for pointing me at it. — Bram Gerritsen, Feb 24 '13 at 11:39

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '13 at 11:27

You shouldn't overwrite the __construct() method in your TestCase. The constructor sets up the mock generator and some other mandatory thing for the test, so you get a lot of strange behaviour and unwanted side effects if you overwrite the constructor. The setUp() method is the special method you should use to initialize your test.

PHPUnit not doing anything, no output

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