Re: PHP Unit tests

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Bojan Tesanovic wrote:

To: php-evangelism@lists.php.net From: Bojan Tesanovic <btesanovic@gmail.com> Subject: PHP Unit tests Hi there, I am Web developer and front-end team lead of classifieds search engine site. We are using php 5.2.0 and Zend Framework to power our web site. But lately my manager wants to jump to another platform RnR or Java which I dislike though he is right in some points. 1. Lack of strong types which can cause lot of headaches

What about using a standard naming convention such as: $s_varname for a string variable $b_varname for a boolean variable $i_varname for an integer variable etc. etc. You could put your heads together and come up with a naming scheme that everyone likes and agrees on.

2. Missing of PHP Unit framework that is supported by Zend or PHP community

Here is a good book on Unit testing I hope to get my hands on soon, that you might like. PHPUnit is a port of JUnit to PHP - so this book should do nicely. OO PHP & Java syntax are very similar. http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/starter_kit/utj/index.html

3. Robust UTF-8 and I18N support which will I hope be nailed in PHP6

4. Maybe a way to compress source or make opcode of php files in one file and deploy it to web server

Ioncube PHP Encoder - not free but may be the best of choice. You can download the trial version and check it out for free. http://www.ioncube.com/comments.php Regards Keith ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.karsites.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk This email address is challenge-response protected with http://www.tmda.net ------------------------------------------------------------