Netbeans (6.8), PHPunit and Yii

abajja · September 30, 2009, 3:29pm

How to create PHPunit tests cases in Netbeans 6.8 for an Yii web application

Ref.:

http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&section=findpost&pid=6301

Environment:

Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200909221401)

Java: 1.6.0_10; Java HotSpot™ Client VM 11.0-b15

System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1252; es_ES (nb)

Apache/2.2.6 (Win32) PHP/5.2.9-2

Yii framework 1.0.9

PHPUnit 3.3.15

Create a web application project with yiic tools (e.g. yiic webapp testdrive).
Create a netbeans php project from the source code obtained (File>New Project>Categories:PHP>Projects: PHP Application with Existing Sources).
Make sure that your Yii framework is added to your PHP Include Path
Create a directory for your tests under testdrive folder. You may want to use the Files tab.
Create a file in the tests folder. Name it bootstrap.php. Add the following code and save.




<?php

require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/../../yii/1.0.9/framework/yii.php'; // make sure your path to yii.php is correct

?>

Right click testdrive project. Select Properties. Project Properties pops up. select PHPUnit then in the PHPUnit configuration activate Use Bootstrap and browse to your bootstrap.php file.
Right click Source Files under testdrive folder in the Projects tab and select Tools > create PHPUnits tests.
You may see some folders created for you contaning unit test skeleton. You may want tweak them to fit your needs.

Example

a. In SiteControllerTest setUp(), comment as

//$this->object = new SiteController;

or change this line to

$this->object = new SiteController(‘site’);

b. Add this test

testHello() {$this->assertEquals(‘Hello’, ‘Hello’);}

c. Right click SiteController.php and select Test (or Ctrl+F6).

Note: Netbeans 6.8 is now under Comunity Acceptance Testing process.

spamec · September 30, 2009, 9:32pm

Thx man, this is great

pestaa · October 1, 2009, 10:26pm

Absolutely helpful stuff, I wish I could rate twice!

spamec · October 26, 2009, 7:56am

I have one issue with creating/running tests right…

For example I created test for model Country.php it looks like this




require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework.php';

class CountryTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {


  protected $object;


  protected function setUp() {

    $this->object = new Country;

  }


  function testHello() {

    $this->assertEquals('Hello', 'Hello');    

  }  

}

When running test, such output is generated




Fatal error: Class 'Country' not found in c:\xampp\htdocs\testapp\tests\protected\models\CountryTest.php on line 19

PhpUnit, Yii are of course in include path in Netbeans and bootstrap file is correct, but something is still wrong with paths.

abajja · October 26, 2009, 8:49am

Try to add something like this to your CountryTest class


require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/../../../protected/models/Country.php'; //make sure to point to the Country.php

spamec · October 26, 2009, 11:46am

Tried that too (I mean including model)… still now working, but error changed to:




Fatal error: Call to a member function getDb() on a non-object in c:\xampp\htdocs\testapp\framework\db\ar\CActiveRecord.php on line 876

ps. My Yii is 1.0.9

tri · October 26, 2009, 12:59pm

spamec:

Tried that too (I mean including model)… still now working, but error changed to:
Fatal error: Call to a member function getDb() on a non-object in c:\xampp\htdocs\testapp\framework\db\ar\CActiveRecord.php on line 876
ps. My Yii is 1.0.9

I ran into this because I had a condition option in one of the relationships.

/Tommy

abajja · October 26, 2009, 3:49pm

You may want to do some changes. One solution may be as follow:

Create a TestApplication class in the same folder as bootstrap.php




class TestApplication extends CWebApplication

{

	public function __construct($config=null)

	{

		Yii::setApplication(null);

		parent::__construct($config);

	}

}

Add to the bootstrap.php this line


require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/TestApplication.php');

Add to your TestCountry class


public $db;

Change the setUp method to




    protected function setUp() {

        $config=array(

            'basePath'=>dirname(__FILE__),

            'components'=>array(

                'db'=>array(

                    'class'=>'system.db.CDbConnection',

                    'connectionString'=>'your connection string here',

                    'username'=>'your username here',

                    'password'=>'your password here',

                ),

            ),

        );

        $app=new TestApplication($config);

        $app->db->active=true;

        $this->db=$app->db;

        $this->object = new Country;

    }

(Optional)


protected function tearDown() {

        if($this->db)

           $this->db->active=false;


    }

(Optional) if you want you can test tableName() if you have in your model a tableName method




    public function testTableName() {

        $this->assertEquals ($this->object->tableName(), 'Country');

    }

spamec · October 26, 2009, 3:56pm

Nope, I deleted all relations and still the same…

tri · October 26, 2009, 6:34pm

On second thought I recall my problem was session-related (Yii::app->user).

May help somebody else, though.

/Tommy

spamec · October 31, 2009, 4:16pm

Hi again everyone,

Unfortunately I didnt manage to run PhpUnit with Yii… there’s one thing that cant get off my mind - how do you able to write/run model tests without creating Yii application with db config?

abajja · October 31, 2009, 7:24pm

Try this:

Comment in bootstarp.php this line:


//require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/TestApplication.php');

Change setUp() to:


protected function setUp() {


        $this->db = new CDbConnection('mysql:host=localhost;port=3306;dbname=db_name','user','password');

        $this->db->active=true;

        CActiveRecord::$db=$this->db;

        $this->object = new Country;

}

spamec · October 31, 2009, 9:18pm

Thx abajja, as always first to answer - now everything works

clhqk · November 28, 2010, 3:57am

There’s useful!

BlueTransAm · March 9, 2011, 9:20pm

nice… share. thanks

kamarulismail · April 28, 2011, 9:46am

nice… thanks for sharing…

anup · December 12, 2012, 5:32am

This information is very useful. So far, I was avoiding UnitTest But I’ll work from today itself. I am excited!!!

costas · February 4, 2013, 10:56am

I also having some issues with PHPUnit / Netbeans / Yii .

When i right click on a model and choose "Create PHPUnit Test" i get the following error :

PHPUnit Skeleton Generator 1.2.0 by Sebastian Bergmann.

Fatal error: Class ‘CActiveRecord’ not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\cbdb\protected\models\Type.php on line 19

Call Stack:

0.0002     125368   1. {main}() C:&#092;xampp&#092;php&#092;phpunit-skelgen:0


0.0039     237776   2. SebastianBergmann&#092;PHPUnit&#092;SkeletonGenerator&#092;Command::main() C:&#092;xampp&#092;php&#092;phpunit-skelgen:45


0.0108     581264   3. ReflectionClass-&gt;newInstanceArgs() C:&#092;xampp&#092;php&#092;pear&#092;SebastianBergmann&#092;PHPUnit&#092;SkeletonGenerator&#092;Command.php:171


0.0108     581552   4. SebastianBergmann&#092;PHPUnit&#092;SkeletonGenerator&#092;TestGenerator-&gt;__construct() C:&#092;xampp&#092;php&#092;pear&#092;SebastianBergmann&#092;PHPUnit&#092;SkeletonGenerator&#092;Command.php:171


0.0114     591632   5. include_once('C:&#092;xampp&#092;htdocs&#092;cbdb&#092;protected&#092;models&#092;Type.php') C:&#092;xampp&#092;php&#092;pear&#092;SebastianBergmann&#092;PHPUnit&#092;SkeletonGenerator&#092;TestGenerator.php:125

Tony.Jung · February 8, 2013, 2:11am

Hello CVP,

Did you solve this issue??

costas · February 8, 2013, 4:33am

Unfortunately no - However i am using a newer version of Netbeans and PHP Unit. Maybe i should post a new thread about this.