[wp-hackers] Running the WordPress test suite with PHPUnit

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

I have a feeling that running the test suite like this, is resulting in  
WordPress being included within a function..

The WordPress files expect that they're being included into global scope,  
As a result, you'll get errors like that if you run it in a local scope..

I've seen some people recomend adding somethign such this to your  
wp-config.php file to simulate it being included in global scope:

foreach ( $GLOBALS as $key => $var )  $$key = &$var;



On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:15:43 +1000, David Morris <dvmorris at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Has anyone ever gotten the wordpress test suite (
> svn.automattic.com/wordpress-tests/) to run using PHPUnit from the  
> command
> line, instead of running "php wp-test.php"?
>
> I would like to integrate testing into a continuous integration  
> environment,
> and I am having trouble translating wp-test.php into a PHPUnit bootstrap
> file. I would like to run the Wordpress test suite like this:
>
> phpunit --bootstrap bootstrap.php --log-junit phpunit.xml
> wp-testcase/test_actions.php
>
> I created a bootstrap.php file that is heavily based on wp-test.php, and  
> I
> when I run it, I get this error:
>
> Fatal error: Call to undefined method stdClass::set_prefix() in
> C:\wamp\www\wordpress\trunk\src\wp-settings.php on line 286
>
> Line 286 of wp-settings.php is this:
>
> $prefix = $wpdb->set_prefix($table_prefix); // set up global tables
>
> It appears that $wpdb is not being defined properly by this point in the
> execution of the bootstrap.php file, but when I run "php wp-test.php",  
> which
> is almost the same execution steps, it works. It leads me to believe that
> there is some issue with the way PHPUnit bootstrap files handle all of
> WordPress' global variables, like $wpdb.
>
> Another alternative for me would be to get the "php wp-test.php" to spit  
> out
> junit style xml files, which would probably be sufficient for me right  
> now.
> I have been unable to get it to work so far.
>
> Anyways, someone on the IRC channel suggested I ask the wp-hackers list.  
> Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Morris
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