Laravel testing undefined method

Question

I try to write tests in laravel, but I can't even run example test, bcs I get error:

λ phpunit
PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method PHPUnit_Util_Configuration::getTestdoxGroupConfiguration() in E:\www\ikcms\vendor\phpunit\phpunit\src\TextUI\TestRunner.php:1042
Stack trace:
#0 E:\www\ikcms\vendor\phpunit\phpunit\src\TextUI\TestRunner.php(163): PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner->handleConfiguration(Array)
#1 E:\xampp\php\pear\PHPUnit\TextUI\Command.php(176): PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner->doRun(Object(PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite), Array)
#2 E:\xampp\php\pear\PHPUnit\TextUI\Command.php(129): PHPUnit_TextUI_Command->run(Array, true)
#3 E:\xampp\php\phpunit(46): PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main()
#4 {main}
  thrown in E:\www\ikcms\vendor\phpunit\phpunit\src\TextUI\TestRunner.php on line 1042

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method PHPUnit_Util_Configuration::getTestdoxGroupConfiguration() in E:\www\ikcms\vendor\phpunit\phpunit\src\TextUI\TestRunner.php:1042
Stack trace:
#0 E:\www\ikcms\vendor\phpunit\phpunit\src\TextUI\TestRunner.php(163): PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner->handleConfiguration(Array)
#1 E:\xampp\php\pear\PHPUnit\TextUI\Command.php(176): PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner->doRun(Object(PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite), Array)
#2 E:\xampp\php\pear\PHPUnit\TextUI\Command.php(129): PHPUnit_TextUI_Command->run(Array, true)
#3 E:\xampp\php\phpunit(46): PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main()
#4 {main}
  thrown in E:\www\ikcms\vendor\phpunit\phpunit\src\TextUI\TestRunner.php on line 1042

Of course, it happens after downloading laravel.

Laravel version: 5.3 PHPUnit: 5.0

Answer 1

If you use phpunit across multiple projects it's often easier to not mess with a globally installed phpunit but to run it from your project's vendor folder.

You can check your project with:

composer info phpunit/phpunit

(If you see an [InvalidArgumentException] Package phpunit/phpunit not found then I would composer require phpunit/phpunit --dev)

Since Laravel includes phpunit by default you more than likely can run

./vendor/bin/phpunit …

and also

composer exec 'phpunit …'

and you can be certain that you're running the version of phpunit specified in that project's composer.json.

Answer 2

I get the same error before upgrading Laravel's dependencies inculding phpunit. The update gives the version 5.7.6 of PHPUnit instead of the version 5.6.*. If you use the PHPUnit of your computer path it will gives you this error. I think it will be fixed but for the moment you can execute PHPUnit with the binary included in your Composer's vendor by writing php vendor/bin/phpunit on your project root. For me it works, you can try it.