Is there a way to tell if --debug or --verbose was passed to PHPUnit in a test?

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I'm doing some overloading to PHPUnit's Selenium extension that uses the CaptureEntirePageScreenshotToString function, and I would like to only print the path to the screenshot as we go only when --verbose or --debug is passed in.

For instance, phpunit --debug ./tests

Then somewhere in my code I have (this is psudo code)

if (--debug)
  echo "Screenshot: /path/to/screenshot.png

Suggestions?

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 02 '18 at 18:35

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There is no PHPUnit internal API to do this. The configuration object is not accessible through the test cases directly.

You can't use PHPUnit_Util_Configuration::getInstance() as thats only the wrapper for the xml config.

My suggestion would be to just use:

if(in_array('--debug', $_SERVER['argv'], true)) {
     //Insert your debug code here.
}

Relevant classes:

edited Feb 02 '18 at 18:35

kenorb

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answered Sep 27 '12 at 01:17

edorian

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Nice! Never thought of that... Good call. – General Redneck Oct 02 '12 at 15:40
Thank you very much! 5 years later!! – Theodore R. Smith May 07 '17 at 16:38
I needed this again almost exactly 2 years later. – Theodore R. Smith Apr 13 '19 at 14:13

Is there a way to tell if --debug or --verbose was passed to PHPUnit in a test?

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