Re: PHP Unit Tests - which framework to use?

* dAniel hAhler <genml@thequod.de>: > I'm looking for a PHP Unit Test framework and found so far: > SimpleTest: https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpletest/ > PEAR PHPUnit: > - http://pear.php.net/package/PHPUnit > - http://pear.php.net/package/PHPUnit2 > Sourceforge PHPUnit: http://phpunit.sourceforge.net/ > > While SF PHPUnit seems to have stalled (2002-10) there are still PEAR > PHPUnit and Simpletest. > > I'd like to hear your opinions/experiences on what's better to use. > > I'm mainly searching it for an OSS project, but would like to use it at > work, too. > > I'm still on PHP4 mainly - but tests could be done/run with PHP5 of > course (if PHPUnit2 supports that). I've used both PEAR::PHPUnit and SimpleTest. I like SimpleTest better... mainly because it's documented so well. I was up and running with SimpleTest in a matter of an hour, whereas I'd struggled for the better part of a day trying to figure out from the docs how to use PHPUnit -- and only managed a portion of what I accomplished with SimpleTest in that hour. 'Course, the PHPUnit docs may have been improved since I last tried it -- YMMV. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | mailto:matthew@garden.org Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org