PHPUnit deprecation warning fails test

Question

I'm using PHPUnit 4.8 on a PHP 5.3.29 install. Some of the code in our application makes use of the deprecated mysql_* functionality, and PHPUnit converts the deprecation notices of these instances to exceptions and in turn fails those specific testcases.

Now I've already included the convertErrorsToExceptions="false" in the config.xml but this doesn't seem to help as it's still happening.

Can anyone help shed some light on what might be happening here?

Cheers!

EDIT: Added example files on gist.github.com

Answer 1

if you are looking solution for Symfony 3.1 and higher versions, the answer is

<env name="SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER" value="disabled" />