How to write debug info on screen?

Question

I'm writing a test that's not working like I expect.

I need to use some grabbers and then dump to the screen while test is running.

How I can do this ? How do echo, NOT how user grabber; I'm able to use grabbers but I don't know how to echos while test is running.

There is no specific command to print to screen / terminal while running a test. Checkout this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21873723/printing-debug-output-to-console-in-codeception — Kotie Smit, Jun 12 '14 at 06:44

Kotie Smit · Answer 1 · 2014-07-08T19:17:26.437

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Today I've found that in Codeception v2.01 there is a new method that allows you to print to screen.

<?php
codecept_debug($I->grabTextFrom('#name'));
?>

add the --debug flag to your command you use to run your tests with. eg.

php codecept.phar run --debug --steps acceptance

edited Jul 08 '14 at 19:17

answered Jun 25 '14 at 12:25

Kotie Smit

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Is there anyway to suppress the header responses in debug mode? e.g. [Response 200] ... ect – Nick Mitchell Jul 17 '14 at 02:19

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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There is no specific command to print to screen / terminal while running a test.

I do the following:

$I->see($I->grabTextFrom('#myelement'));

This way I can at least dump the contents of a element.

Check this out. I haven't tried this one yet, but looks promising

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered Jun 12 '14 at 06:59

Kotie Smit

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