Req #32435 [Opn->Csd]: Add '-run' option to php command line (like java -jar)

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=32435&edit=1 ID: 32435 Updated by: krakjoe@php.net Reported by: sam_bravard at yahoo dot com Summary: Add '-run' option to php command line (like java -jar) -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues PHP Version: 5.0.3 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: krakjoe Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: PHP has no concept of main(), and it would be confusing to try to introduce one at this point. Closing the request. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-03-23 21:47:18] sam_bravard at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ Seems to me it would be great if the php5 command line tool ('php') had an option to run a static main() method of a specified class just like java does: eg: php -run TTester TObject.php [args] Which would call the main() in TTester: TObjectToTest.php: class TObjectToTest { // ... class that we'll want to test } class TTester { public static main($args) { // execute tests on TObjectToTest } } This would be particularly good for making it easy to bundle and run tests on each individual php file. Thoughts? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=32435&edit=1