Re: how to test using run-tests?
| From: | Gregory Beaver | Date: | Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:50:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: how to test using run-tests? | ||
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Gregory Beaver wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to test a feature in the phar extension
> that requires the executable test file to be an actual phar archive.
> This would be possible if there was some way to load the --FILE--
> section from an external file. Would anyone object to adding a new
> section to the .phpt format "--FILE_EXTERNAL--" that simply takes a
> relative path to the file to use as the contents for the test?
>
> The attached patch adds this section and also fixes a minor bug in the
> handling of POST_RAW that inserts a spurious \n
Hi again,
After a bit more thought, I revised things. The attached patch is
better - it simply copies the external file and saves it as the
$test_file. I also failed to mention that this is against PHP_5_3, but
obviously could be ported to HEAD pretty much unmodified
Greg