Debug some PhpUnit tests in Eclipse

Question

I use Eclipse PDT for PHP. I can run my PhpUnit tests : works fine.

But I can not debug my unit tests. Has someby already done this ? Can somebody help doing this ?

Thanx, Messaoud

Answer 1

An example is more worth than 1000 words :

require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework.php';
require_once 'PHPUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php';

class MyTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

 protected function setUp() {
  parent::setUp ();

 }

 function testSimple() {
  echo "horray !";
 }

 protected function tearDown() {

  parent::tearDown();
 }

 static function main() {

  $suite = new PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite( __CLASS__);
  PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::run( $suite);
 }
}

if (!defined('PHPUnit_MAIN_METHOD')) {
    MyTestCase::main();
}

the key thing is :

1. provide a main method in your testcase

2. test if the test is executed directly (via php MyTestCase.php) or by phpunit itself. if executed directly - just start the testrunner.

know you can debug your testcase.