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| ====== Introduction ====== | ====== Introduction ====== | ||
| - | runtests is a test environment written in PHP. It is used to tests PHP itself. | + | runtests is a test environment written in PHP. It is used to test PHP itself. |
| It is not a replacement for unit test frameworks like PHPUnit. | It is not a replacement for unit test frameworks like PHPUnit. | ||
| The basic principle of automated tests is very simple. Compare a computed | The basic principle of automated tests is very simple. Compare a computed | ||
| result with some pre-calculated "known good", expected value. | result with some pre-calculated "known good", expected value. | ||
| - | If both match, the test has passed. If they do not match, the tests failes, and | + | If both match, the test has passed. If they do not match, the tests fails, and |
| there is probably a bug in PHP, or some precondition for the test was not met. | there is probably a bug in PHP, or some precondition for the test was not met. | ||
| Testing PHP is a far more complex issue than it may seem at first glance, | Testing PHP is a far more complex issue than it may seem at first glance, | ||
| because each test may require an individual PHP configuration, | because each test may require an individual PHP configuration, | ||
| - | at operting | + | at operating |
| services (like databases, LDAP servers or IMAP servers). | services (like databases, LDAP servers or IMAP servers). | ||
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| We have already mentioned that tests need an individual environment. Not all | We have already mentioned that tests need an individual environment. Not all | ||
| - | tests can be run at the command line, for example. If a test need to make | + | tests can be run at the command line, for example. If a test needs to make |
| sure that PHP returns correct HTTP header, or processes GET or POST input, | sure that PHP returns correct HTTP header, or processes GET or POST input, | ||
| the test probably requires the CGI SAPI to run. | the test probably requires the CGI SAPI to run. | ||
| - | ===== Parallel Execution ===== | + | The implementation of runtests that is described in these pages is specific to PHP5.3 and beyond. Many of the implementation details are similar to the previous version of runtests but the overall code structure is very different. |
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| + | ====== Parallel Execution | ||
| ==== Introduction ==== | ==== Introduction ==== | ||
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