An easier way to use PHPUnit with CodeIgniter 3.0.
- You don't have to modify CodeIgniter core files at all.
- You can write controller tests easily.
- Nothing is untestable, maybe.
- Well documented.
- PHP 5.4.0 or later
- CodeIgniter 3.0.*
- PHPUnit 4.3 or later (4.7 or later is recommended; If you use NetBeans 8.0.2, please use 4.7. 4.8 is not compatible yet)
See Change Log.
codeigniter/
├── application/
│ └── tests/
│ ├── _ci_phpunit_test/ ... don't touch! files CI PHPUnit Test uses
│ ├── Bootstrap.php ... bootstrap file for PHPUnit
│ ├── TestCase.php ... TestCase class
│ ├── controllers/ ... put your controller tests
│ ├── mocks/
│ │ └── libraries/ ... mock libraries
│ ├── models/ ... put your model tests
│ └── phpunit.xml ... config file for PHPUnit
└── vendor/
Download latest ci-phpunit-test: https://github.com/kenjis/ci-phpunit-test/releases
Unzip and copy application/tests folder into your application folder in CodeIgniter project. That's it.
If you like Composer:
$ cd /path/to/codeigniter/
$ composer require kenjis/ci-phpunit-test --dev
And run install.php:
$ php vendor/kenjis/ci-phpunit-test/install.php
- Above command always overwrites exisiting files.
- You must run it at CodeIgniter project root folder.
Download latest ci-phpunit-test: https://github.com/kenjis/ci-phpunit-test/releases
Unzip and replace application/tests/_ci_phpunit_test folder.
If you like Composer:
$ cd /path/to/codeigniter/
$ composer update kenjis/ci-phpunit-test
$ php vendor/kenjis/ci-phpunit-test/update.php
You have to install PHPUnit before running tests.
Note: You must run phpunit command in application/tests folder.
$ cd /path/to/codeigniter/
$ cd application/tests/
$ phpunit
PHPUnit 4.7.7 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.
...
Time: 341 ms, Memory: 5.50Mb
OK (3 tests, 3 assertions)
Generating code coverage report in Clover XML format ... done
Generating code coverage report in HTML format ... done
To generate coverage report, Xdebug is needed.
As an example, a test case class for Inventory_model would be as follows:
<?php
class Inventory_model_test extends TestCase
{
public function setUp()
{
$this->resetInstance();
$this->CI->load->model('Inventory_model');
$this->obj = $this->CI->Inventory_model;
}
public function test_get_category_list()
{
$expected = [
1 => 'Book',
2 => 'CD',
3 => 'DVD',
];
$list = $this->obj->get_category_list();
foreach ($list as $category) {
$this->assertEquals($expected[$category->id], $category->name);
}
}
public function test_get_category_name()
{
$actual = $this->obj->get_category_name(1);
$expected = 'Book';
$this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
}
}As an example, a test case class for Welcome controller would be as follows:
<?php
class Welcome_test extends TestCase
{
public function test_index()
{
$output = $this->request('GET', 'welcome/index');
$this->assertContains(
'<title>Welcome to CodeIgniter</title>', $output
);
}
}See How to Write Tests for details.