How to run single test method with phpunit?

Question

I am struggling to run a single test method named testSaveAndDrop in the file escalation/EscalationGroupTest.php with phpunit. I tried the following combinations:

phpunit EscalationGroupTest escalation/EscalationGroupTest.php --filter=escalation/EscalationGroupTest.php::testSaveAndDrop phpunit EscalationGroupTest escalation/EscalationGroupTest.php --filter=EscalationGroupTest.php::testSaveAndDrop phpunit EscalationGroupTest escalation/EscalationGroupTest.php --filter=EscalationGroupTest::testSaveAndDrop phpunit EscalationGroupTest escalation/EscalationGroupTest.php --filter=testSaveAndDrop 

In each case all test methode in the file escalation/EscalationGroupTest.php are executed. How to select just ONE method instead?

The name of the class is EscalationGroupTest and the version of phpunit is 3.2.8.

Answer 1

The following command runs the test on a single method:

phpunit --filter testSaveAndDrop EscalationGroupTest escalation/EscalationGroupTest.php  phpunit --filter methodName ClassName path/to/file.php 

For newer versions of phpunit, it is just:

phpunit --filter methodName path/to/file.php 

Answer 2

I prefer marking the test in annotation as

/**  * @group failing  * Tests the api edit form  */ public function testEditAction() 

Then running it with

phpunit --group failing 

No need to specify the full path in the command line, but you have to remember removing this before commit, not to clutter the code.

You may also specify several groups for a single test

/**   * @group failing   * @group bug2204    */ public function testSomethingElse() { }