when using PHPUnit, is it required for tests to be inside of a /tests directory? How does PHPUnit know that a test is a "test"? Does it parse the file and look for method names, or use some sort of naming convention of files?
The <testsuite> Element.
PHPUnit is a unit testing framework for the PHP programming language. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks that originated with SUnit and became popular with JUnit. PHPUnit was created by Sebastian Bergmann and its development is hosted on GitHub.
PHPUnit is a programmer-oriented testing framework for PHP. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks. The currently supported versions are PHPUnit 9 and PHPUnit 8.
it required for tests to be inside of a /tests directory?
No.
How does PHPUnit know that a test is a "test"?
Via reflection (and by the user specifying a directory to look into).
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