setting xdebug.coverage_enable=On on command line for PHPunit

Question

I don't want to turn on xdebug code coverage for all scripts but I do want to be able to turn it on for a daily jenkins build which produces the code coverage.

I tried the following

phpunit -d xdebug.coverage_enable=1 -c phpunit-coverage.xml.dist

However I always get the following error

Configuration read from phpunit-coverage.xml.dist


Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PHP_CodeCoverage_Exception' with message 'You need to set xdebug.coverage_enable=On in your php.ini.' in /usr/local/lib/php/PHP/CodeCoverage/Driver/Xdebug.php on line 72

PHP_CodeCoverage_Exception: You need to set xdebug.coverage_enable=On in your php.ini. in /usr/local/lib/php/PHP/CodeCoverage/Driver/Xdebug.php on line 72

Call Stack:
    0.0002     627488   1. {main}() /usr/local/bin/phpunit:0
    0.0050    1095880   2. PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main() /usr/local/bin/phpunit:46
    0.0050    1096608   3. PHPUnit_TextUI_Command->run() /usr/local/lib/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/Command.php:130
    0.6419   39830848   4. PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner->doRun() /usr/local/lib/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/Command.php:192
    0.9760   40345400   5. PHP_CodeCoverage->__construct() /usr/local/lib/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php:258
    0.9764   40358504   6. PHP_CodeCoverage_Driver_Xdebug->__construct() /usr/local/lib/php/PHP/CodeCoverage.php:119

Any ideas as to how I can get this to work, without having to change php.ini each time?

Answer 1

Yes, it can but only by running it like this:

php -dxdebug.mode=coverage bin/phpunit --coverage-clover='reports/coverage/coverage.xml' --coverage-html='reports/coverage'

Note: "..Xdebug: [Config] The setting 'xdebug.coverage_enable' has been renamed,.."