[IMPORTANT NOTICE] ------------------ Do _not_ ask to developers why some or all tests are failed under your environment! Let us know if you find why it fails. Thank you. [Testing Basics] ---------------- To execute test scripts, you must build PHP with some SAPI, then you type "make test" to execute all or some test scripts saved under "tests" directory under source root directory. Usage: make test "make test" basically executes "run-tests.php" script under source root. Therefore you can execute the script as follows ./sapi/cli/php -c /path/to/php.ini/ run-tests.php [ext/some_extension_name] [Which "php" executable "make test" look for] --------------------------------------------- You must use TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE environment variable to explicitly select the php executable to be used to run the tests. That can either be the CLI or CGI executable. "make test" executes "run-tests.php" script with "php" binary. Some test scripts such as session must be executed by CGI SAPI. Therefore, you must build PHP with CGI SAPI to perform all tests. NOTE: PHP binary executing "run-tests.php" and php binary used for executing test scripts may differ. If you use different PHP binary for executing "run-tests.php" script, you may get errors. [Which php.ini is used] ----------------------- "make test" force to use php.ini-dist as default config file. If you would like to test with other configuration file, user "run-tests.php" script. Example: ./sapi/cli/php -c /path/to/php.ini/ run-tests.php ext/standard If you use php.ini other than php.ini-dist, you may see more failed tests. [Which test scripts are executed] --------------------------------- "run-tests.php" ("make test") executes all test scripts by default by looking all directory named "tests". If there are files have "phpt" extension, "run-tests.php" takes test php code from the file and executes it. Tester can easily execute tests selectively with as follows. Examples: ./sapi/cli/php -c /path/to/php.ini/ run-tests.php ext/mbstring ./sapi/cli/php -c /path/to/php.ini/ run-tests.php ext/mbstring/020.phpt [Test results] -------------- Test results are printed to standard output. If there is a failed test, "run-tests.php" script saves the result, expected result and code executed to the test script directory. For example, if ext/myext/tests/myext.phpt is failed to pass, following files are created: ext/myext/tests/myext.log - log of test execution (L) ext/myext/tests/myext.exp - expected output (E) ext/myext/tests/myext.out - output from test script (O) ext/myext/tests/myext.diff - diff of .out and .exp (D) Tester can verify these files, if failed test is actually a bug or not. NOTE: The files generated by tests can be selected by setting the environment variable TEST_PHP_LOG_FORMAT. For each file you want to be generated use the character in brackets as shown above (default is LEOD). NOTE: You can set environment variable TEST_PHP_DETAILED to enable detailed test information. [Creating new test files] ------------------------- Writing test file is very easy if you are used to PHP. Test file has following format. Here is a actual test file from iconv module. ===== ext/iconv/002.phpt ======= --TEST-- UCS4BE to ASCII --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- --EXPECT-- abcd abcd ===== end of ext/iconv/002.phpt ======= As you can see the file has the following sections: "--TEST--" is title of the test. "--SKIPIF--" is condition when to skip this test (optional). "--POST--" is POST variable passed to test script (optional). "--GET--" is GET variable passed to test script (optional). "--INI--" each line contains an ini setting e.g. foo=bar (optional). "--FILE--" is the test script. "--EXPECT--" is the expected output from the test script. ext/iconv/002.phpt uses 2 files. "skipif.inc" is used to skip test when test cannot be performed such as iconv module is not compiled or loaded. ==== ext/iconv/skipif.inc ==== ==== end of ext/iconv/skipif.inc ==== ext/inconv/002.inc is the test script. "run-tests.php" script executes test script with CGI executable. ==== ext/iconv/002.inc === === end of ext/iconv/002.inc === Test script and skipif code may be directly written into *.phpt. However, it is recommended to use other files for ease of writing test scripts. [How to help us] ---------------- If you find bug in PHP, you can submit bug report AND test script for us. You don't have to write complete script, just give us test script with following format. Please test the script and make sure you write the correct ACTUAL OUTPUT and EXPECTED OUTPUT before you submit.