Re: PHPUnit - how to run with multiple data sets?

Nola Stowe wrote:

I want to run a function with multiple sets of data. I can't use PHPUnit2 yet (not to php 5 yet) so I am using PHPUnit and this is one of my test functions:

	    function testCheckValidZip() {
	        $data = array(); $results = array();
	        $data[] = array("60950", "US"); $results[] = true;
	        $data[] = array("1234", "usa"); $results[] = false;
	        $data[] = array("01234", "usa"); $results[] = true;
	        $data[] = array("zip", "u.s."); $results[] = false;
	        $data[] = array("", "usa"); $results[] = true;
	        $data[] = array("", ""); $results[] = true;
	        $data[] = array("60950-5121", "united states"); $results[] =

true;

	        $data[] = array("3215-4554", "us"); $results[] = false;
	        $data[] = array("01234-5748", "USA"); $results[] = true;
	        foreach($data as $d) {
	            $checkedResults[] = checkValidZip($d[0], $d[1] );
	        }
	        $this->assertEquals($checkedResults, $results);
	    }

checkValidZip is a function that returns true/false. I put the expected value in the $results array, and then compare the final two arrays in assertEquals. Not bad, and it works, but there's gotta be a better way to use PHPUnit to do this???

it's a good start :) try using this instead foreach ($data as $i => $d) {

    $this->assertEquals($d, checkValidZip($d[0], $d[1]), "result $i failed, $d[0] => $d[1]");

} This will help you because the message displayed will contain the input that generated an error. Greg