Unit testing with Zend Framework / Doctrine 2.0

Question

I wanted to write unit tests for my Zend Framework / Doctrine 2.0 application, but I don't quite understand how to set up unit testing in ZF. Also, I would like to include Doctrine 2.0 in those unit tests. How can I configure this? Can you give me an example?

thank

Answer 1

To configure unit tests, I created a configuration file for phpunit (phpunit.xml) and TestHelper.php in the test directory. The configuration basically tells phpunit to run the unit test, and that folders and files should be skipped in the coverage area. In my configuration, all unit test files are in the application and library folder that will be executed.

The tester should be expanded with all your unit tests.

phpunit.xml

<phpunit bootstrap="./TestHelper.php" colors="true">
    <testsuite name="Your Application">
        <directory>./application</directory>
        <directory>./library</directory>
    </testsuite>
    <filter>
        <whitelist>
            <directory suffix=".php">../application/</directory>
            <directory suffix=".php">../library/App/</directory>
            <exclude>
                <directory suffix=".phtml">../application/</directory>
                <directory suffix=".php">../application/database</directory>
                <directory suffix=".php">../application/models/Entities</directory>
                <directory suffix=".php">../application/models/mapping</directory>
                <directory suffix=".php">../application/models/proxy</directory>
                <directory suffix=".php">../application/views</directory>
                <file>../application/Bootstrap.php</file>
                <file>../application/modules/admin/controllers/ErrorController.php</file>
            </exclude>
        </whitelist>
    </filter>
    <logging>
        <log type="coverage-html" target="./log/report" title="PrintConcept" charset="UTF-8" yui="true" highlight="true" lowUpperBound="35" highLowerBound="70" />
        <log type="testdox" target="./log/testdox.html" />
    </logging>
</phpunit>

TestHelper.php

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);

// Define path to application directory
defined('APPLICATION_PATH')
    || define('APPLICATION_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../application'));

// Define testing application environment
define('APPLICATION_ENV', 'testing');

// Ensure library/ is on include_path
set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array(
    realpath(APPLICATION_PATH . '/../library'),
    get_include_path(),
)));

/**
 * Zend_Application
 */
require_once 'Zend/Application.php';

/**
 * Base Controller Test Class
 *
 * All controller test should extend this
 */
require_once 'Zend/Test/PHPUnit/ControllerTestCase.php';

abstract class BaseControllerTestCase extends Zend_Test_PHPUnit_ControllerTestCase
{   
    public function setUp()
    {
        $application = new Zend_Application(APPLICATION_ENV,
                             APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/application.ini');
        $this->bootstrap = array($application->getBootstrap(), 'bootstrap');

        Zend_Session::$_unitTestEnabled = true;

        parent::setUp();
    }

    public function tearDown()
    {
        /* Tear Down Routine */
    }
}

This only applies to initial configuration for ZF and PHPunit.