php - phpunit running exception when run a very very simple unit test

Question

1. I get phpunit and install it as this link using the simplest way for test purposes. I just download the phpunit.phar file, chmod & rename & move to /usr/local/bin Then, I run phpunit --version, its ok.

2. I write a simple php test case.

   class SimpleTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
       public function testSomething(){
          $this -> assertTrue(true);
       }
   }
   

3. In terminal , I go to my php class folder, and execute

   phpunit --colors SimpleTest
   

4. Now I got the exceptions

   PHP ReflectionException:  Method suite does not exist 
   in phar:///usr/local/bin/phpunit/phpunit/Runner/BaseTestRunner.php on line 113
   
   PHP Stack trace:
   PHP   1. {main}() /usr/local/bin/phpunit:0
   
   PHP   2. PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main($exit = *uninitialized*)
            /usr/local/bin/phpunit:612
   
   PHP   3. PHPUnit_TextUI_Command->run($argv = array (
            0 =>  '/usr/local/bin/phpunit', 
            1 => '--colors', 
            2 => 'SimpleTest.php'), 
            $exit = TRUE) 
           phar:///usr/local/bin/phpunit/phpunit/TextUI/Command.php:129
   
   
   PHP   4. PHPUnit_Runner_BaseTestRunner->getTest(
          $suiteClassName = 'SimpleTest',   
          $suiteClassFile = '/home/kevin/Workspace/php/laravel/app/tests/SimpleTest.php',   
          $suffixes = array (0 => 'Test.php', 1 => '.phpt')) 
          phar:///usr/local/bin/phpunit/phpunit/TextUI/Command.php:150
   
   PHP   5. ReflectionClass->getMethod('suite')    
   phar:///usr/local/bin/phpunit/phpunit/Runner/BaseTestRunner.php:113
   
   PHPUnit 3.7.27 by Sebastian Bergmann.
   

Anything is welcome, thanks .

Answer 1

It looks like this error comes from an xdebug setting.

The solution appears to be adding this line to your php.ini file (or changing your the existing value to 0):

xdebug.show_exception_trace = 0

Take a look at PHPUnit ReflectionException Method suite does not exist and Why does PHPUnit hide my xdebug backtrace? for more info.