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Codeception is a modern full-stack testing framework for PHP. Inspired by BDD, it provides a way of writing acceptance, functional and even unit tests. Powered by PHPUnit.

Codeception is a PHP full-stack testing framework. Inspired by BDD, it provides a new way of writing acceptance, functional and even unit tests. Powered by PHPUnit.

Feature Overview:

  • Multiple backends, easily changed , PhpBrowser
  • Elements matched by name, CSS, XPath
  • Data Cleanup after each run
  • Integrate with Symfony, Zend Framework, Laravel, Yii and other frameworks
  • Continuous Integration systems like Jenkins or Bamboo
  • Natively executes PHPUnit tests
  • BDD-style scenario-driven tests
  • WebServices testing via REST,SOAP
  • Generates HTML, XML, TAP, JSON reports
  • Simple Fixtures
  • Database and Doctrine ORM helpers
  • CodeCoverage and Remote CodeCoverage

Documentation & Links

Available modules for frameworks

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How can I run only one test from a suite?

I have this test class below, and I want to run only one test from it, for example the "aboutPage". Any ideas how? This is how I run only this file: codecept run tests/acceptance/VisitorCest.php But now I want to run only one test from the…
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Codeception, write acceptance tests with the pageObject design pattern and gherkin

I'm looking for a simple example of code with the pageObject design pattern and gherkin because when I follow the codeception BDD documentation, all examples written in the tests/support/AcceptanceTester.php. I don't understand (poor English skills…
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Printing debug output to console in Codeception

Very thick question, but is there any way to print your own debug messages to the console in Codeception? I mean messages that have nothing to do with assertions, purely for debugging the tests themselves (e.g. like you would var_dump() a variable…
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Codeception - What is the difference between cest and cept?

I just started using TDD approach and came across codeception. I searched the web a lot but didn't find a proper explanation or differentiation between cest and cept files in codeception.
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Use CodeCeption assertion in conditional (if) statement

I'm totally new with CodeCeption. I want to do an action/assertion depending on another assertion result, like this: if ($I->see('message')){ $I->click('button_close'); } Is something like that possible? I tried, but doesn't work. Probably…
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Debugging Codeception tests with Xdebug

I wrote some API tests with Codeception's ApiGuy. Now I want to set breakpoints in my PhpStorm 7 for tests debugging, but have no idea how to start debug session after $ vendor/bin/codecept run. I know about --debug option, but it's not exactly what…
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Failing to run Codeception tests with code coverage

I'm getting an error when I try to run tests using the --coverage flag. Input php codecept.phar run acceptance testCest.php --coverage Output [ErrorException] file_get_contents(http://project.local/c3/report/clear): failed to open stream: HTTP…
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Codeception: Keep a logged in state

I want to keep or run the login before most of my tests. But if I try to move the login code to _before it doesn't work since there is no webguy instance available to me. What is the best way to keep the session between multiple tests? This is my…
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Switch db connection dynamically

For several console commands, I have the need to change databases so all my eloquent commands and queries run on the correct db (and server). Ive seen a few solutions, the simplest seems to be changing the config like so: $new_connection = [ …
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Codeception4: GroupManager reports missing test file

I upgraded Codeception to v4 (according to THIS) and then Symfony to v5 (according to THIS). Now, when I try to run tests I get an error about missing test file: root@blabla: vendor/bin/codecept run In GroupManager.php line 129: GroupManager: File…
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How to skip a Codeception cest test

I want to skip only one test in a codeception cest test. Using Cept tests you can do $scenario->skip(); but does not work for Cest tests. So I want to do something like this. Run the first test, but skip the second one. Class MyTests{ public…
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Can Travis-CI run Codeception tests?

I'm creating my tests (though I'm a beginner, learning) using Codeception. This includes acceptance and unit tests for now. I want to add my repo to Travis CI so I can automate testing process after each commit and put build-status tag. I would like…
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How to setup Codeception with remote code coverage?

I have two repo on my machine API Codeception repo that tests API In API repo I have added codeception+c3 "require-dev": { "codeception/codeception": "2.*", "codeception/c3": "2.*", I've also included c3.php inside index.php, but when…
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`[Exception] DateTime::__construct(): `It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings

I 'm using codeception (bdd) making test but gives error [Exception] DateTime::__construct(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone…
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Select an option in a dynamic select with codeception?

Select the first dynamic option
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