Zend Framework: How to start PHPUnit testing Forms?
- by Andrew
I am having trouble getting my filters/validators to work correctly on my form, so I want to create a Unit test to verify that the data I am submitting to my form is being filtered and validated correctly.
I started by auto-generating a PHPUnit test in Zend Studio, which gives me this:
<?php
require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php';
/**
* Form_Event test case.
*/
class Form_EventTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
/**
* @var Form_Event
*/
private $Form_Event;
/**
* Prepares the environment before running a test.
*/
protected function setUp ()
{
parent::setUp();
// TODO Auto-generated Form_EventTest::setUp()
$this->Form_Event = new Form_Event(/* parameters */);
}
/**
* Cleans up the environment after running a test.
*/
protected function tearDown ()
{
// TODO Auto-generated Form_EventTest::tearDown()
$this->Form_Event = null;
parent::tearDown();
}
/**
* Constructs the test case.
*/
public function __construct ()
{ // TODO Auto-generated constructor
}
/**
* Tests Form_Event->init()
*/
public function testInit ()
{
// TODO Auto-generated Form_EventTest->testInit()
$this->markTestIncomplete(
"init test not implemented");
$this->Form_Event->init(/* parameters */);
}
/**
* Tests Form_Event->getFormattedMessages()
*/
public function testGetFormattedMessages ()
{
// TODO Auto-generated Form_EventTest->testGetFormattedMessages()
$this->markTestIncomplete(
"getFormattedMessages test not implemented");
$this->Form_Event->getFormattedMessages(/* parameters */);
}
}
so then I open up terminal, navigate to the directory, and try to run the test:
$ cd my_app/tests/unit/application/forms
$ phpunit EventTest.php
Fatal error: Class 'Form_Event' not found in .../tests/unit/application/forms/EventTest.php on line 19
So then I add a require_once at the top to include my Form class and try it again. Now it says it can't find another class. I include that one and try it again. Then it says it can't find another class, and another class, and so on. I have all of these dependencies on all these other Zend_Form classes. What should I do? How should I go about testing my Form to make sure my Validators and Filters are being attached correctly, and that it's doing what I expect it to do. Or am I thinking about this the wrong way?
