I’m trying to filter a PHPUnit test suite. When I try to filter by test name using --filter, the tests that exactly match the specified string are executed, but so are any tests that begin with the string.
eg. If I have two tests, testExample and testExampleTwo, the following runs both tests:
phpunit --filter testExample tests/Example.php
How can I get phpunit to stick to the exact string I gave it? I’ve tried /testExample$/ but that doesn’t run any tests. I’m using PHPUnit 3.7.
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Answer
The fully-qualified test name varies depending on whether the test has a data provider.
When there is no data provider, the test’s name is simply Example::testExample, which would be executed using /testExample$/.
phpunit --filter '/testExample$/' tests/Example.php
/**
* No data provider.
*/
public function testExample() {
}
However, with a data provider, the test becomes Example::testExample with data set [dataset], which does not match the pattern /testExample$/.
I had to use the following pattern to get it to work as expected, which matches either the end of the string or a space character.
phpunit --filter '/testExampleb/' tests/Example.php
/**
* @dataProvider exampleData
*/
public function testExample($data) {
}