how to include/exclude certain groups from test-suite via phpunit.xml

Question

I would like to exclude or include certain test from test-suites. I would like to have some control of this via annotations/groups rather than naming specific files or folders in phpunit.xml

I have attempted something like this, but its appears to be ignoring the <groups> and/or <include>

<testsuites>
    <testsuite name="Unit">
        <directory>Unit</directory>
    </testsuite>
    <testsuite name="IntegrationFirstRound">
        <directory>Integration/</directory>
        <include><!-- I want to ONLY include this group -->
            <group>first-round</group>          
        </include>
    </testsuite>
    <testsuite name="IntegrationOther">
        <directory>Integration/</directory>
        <exclude><!-- I want to EXCLUDE this group, run all others -->
            <group>first-round</group>
        </exclude>
    </testsuite>
</testsuites>

I don't want to move tests to different folders just to accommodate this, and I do not want to invoke phpunit multiple times from the CLI, I am hoping I can achieve the desired results via the xml config.

Answer 1

Ok, looking at the DOCs which should be the first place you look

https://phpunit.de/manual/current/en/appendixes.configuration.html

You need a groups element with the group inside of it. So where you have

<exclude><!-- I want to EXCLUDE this group, run all others -->
     <group>first-round</group>
</exclude>

You should have

<groups>
    <exclude><!-- I want to EXCLUDE this group, run all others -->
        <group>first-round</group>
   </exclude>
</groups>

It doesn't really say if it should go inside the <testsuite>, and I never used it but I am sure if you look in the documentation you should find some examples.

Answer 2

In my case I grouped as data

<?php

namespace Tests\Unit\Artefact;

use Tests\TestCase;

/**
 * @group data
 */
class DataMovieTest extends TestCase
{

}

and then run phpunit from terminal like

phpunit --exclude data