Class 'PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase' not found in Symfony2 project

Question

I'm developing a project in symfony2 and I'm new with unit testing.

I have installed PHPUnit 3.6.10 via PEAR and it works from the terminal when I digit the phpunit command.

I wrote my first test class following the SensioLab suggestions (http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/testing.html) but when I use the command

php -c app src/My/CalendarBundle/Tests/Calendar/CalendarTest.php

I got

Fatal error: Class 'PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase' not found in /Library/WebServer/Documents/calendar/src/My/CalendarBundle/Tests/Calendar/CalendarTest.php on line 7

Here you are my test class:

<?php
namespace My\CalendarBundle\Tests\Calendar;

use My\CalendarBundle\Calendar\Calendar;

class CalendarTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function testGetNextMonth()
    {
        $calendar = new Calendar('09', '2012', null);        
        $result = $calendar->getNextMonth();

        $this->assertEquals(10, $result);
    }
}

I read this discussion Why, Fatal error: Class 'PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase' not found in ...? but the symfony documentation doesn't say to include PHPUnit...

What I'm doing wrong? Thank you

You need to install phpunit. And use "phpunit ..." instead of "php ..." when you run tests as @Squazic said — Cyprian, Oct 16 '12 at 08:28
Thank you both... It works! Why the php -c command doesn't work correctly? — Gianluca78, Oct 16 '12 at 12:52
Those flags are for phpunit, a testing program built for PHP using PHP — Squazic, Oct 16 '12 at 13:14

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 07 '14 at 14:51

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I just had a similar issue (with DoctrineFixturesBundle), and solved it by adding PHPUnit to Symfony (as opposed to installing PHPUnit via PEAR).

What worked for me was:

1) add "phpunit/phpunit": "4.0.*" to the require section of composer.json:

{
    "require": {
        ...
        "phpunit/phpunit": "4.0.*"
    }
}

2) running from the commandline:

php composer.phar update phpunit/phpunit

answered Apr 07 '14 at 14:51

Paolo Stefan

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Chances are you don't need phpunit in your production environment. That said I would add it to **require-dev** not **require**. – Marcel Burkhard Nov 14 '14 at 07:03
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Or you can install it from command line: composer require --dev phpunit/phpunit (--dev parameter for placing the dependency to the require-dev section of composer.json ) – Vasily Aug 18 '15 at 09:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '13 at 02:02

In case someone runs into a similar issue.

1- Install PHPUnit following this procedure:

$ pear config-set auto_discover 1
$ pear install pear.phpunit.de/PHPUnit

2- Run your tests as described here:

$ phpunit -c app/ src/My/CalendarBundle/Tests/Calendar/CalendarTest.php

The -c app/ option will be looking for a configuration file in the app/ directory. This configuration file is app/phpunit.xml.dist.

Class 'PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase' not found in Symfony2 project

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