Missing abstract methods error in database testing with DbUnit extension in Zend Framework

Question

I have following error after running some basic database test in Zend Framework with phpUnit

PHP Fatal error:  Class Zend_Test_PHPUnit_Db_Metadata_Generic contains 2 abstract methods and must therefore be declared abstract or implement the remaining methods (PHPUnit_Extensions_Database_DB_IMetaData::disablePrimaryKeys, PHPUnit_Extensions_Database_DB_IMetaData::enablePrimaryKeys) in D:\www\~library\zend_latest\library\Zend\Test\PHPUnit\Db\Metadata\Generic.php on line 167

My test is very similar to one from ZF documentation:

class BugsTest extends Zend_Test_PHPUnit_DatabaseTestCase
{
private $_connectionMock;

/**
 * Returns the test database connection.
 *
 * @return PHPUnit_Extensions_Database_DB_IDatabaseConnection
 */
protected function getConnection()
{
    if($this->_connectionMock == null) {
        $connection = Zend_Db::factory(...);
        $this->_connectionMock = $this->createZendDbConnection(
            $connection, 'zfunittests'
        );
        Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultAdapter($connection);
    }
    return $this->_connectionMock;
}

/**
 * @return PHPUnit_Extensions_Database_DataSet_IDataSet
 */
protected function getDataSet()
{
    return $this->createFlatXmlDataSet(
        dirname(__FILE__) . '/_files/bugsSeed.xml'
    );
}
}

My "fix" for the problem was to not to impelemt PHPUnit_Extensions_Database_DB_IMetaData in Zend_Test_PHPUnit_Db_Metadata_Generic library. Now everything runs ok but I wonder if there is any proper way to resolve this problem.

I'm using ZF 11.11, phpUnit 3.6.10 and DbUnit 1.1.2.

Answer 1

Zend 1.11 doesn't support PHPUnit 3.6, you need to downgrade do PHPUnit 3.5 or 3.4.

Try to uninstall and re-install PHPUnit and his dependencies in the specific order as shown in http://dustyreagan.com/downgrade-phpunit-3-6-to-3-5-15/

Also, see http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-11781