* mbneto <mbneto@xxxxxxxxx> : > Thanks for the reply. Your email confirmed what I've read/thought > about the tests. > > I'll look this SimpleTest even tough PHPUnit2 seems to do the job fine. Use the unit testing framework with which you are most comfortable; the ideas remain the same, just the details differ. > If you have more info (like books, urls, examples) please send me. Unfortunately, no. Most of this is personal experience, a little of it was garnered from php|Tropics, and that portion wasn't an official part of Jason Sweat's presentation. > On 6/2/05, Matthew Weier O'Phinney <matthew@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > * mbneto <mbneto@xxxxxxxxx> : > > > I am trying the phpunit2 for unit testing but the examples found in > > > the documentation are few and do not address, for example, tests when > > > database access is involved. > > > > > > Perhaps this belongs to a more general question (i.e strategies for > > > unit testing) so any urls, docs would be great. > > > > Jason Sweat covered this at php|Tropics, using SimpleTest as the unit > > testing framework. I use phpt unit tests (developed for testing php > > itself, and used by the PEAR project for regression tests). The > > principles are the same regardless of framework, however. > > > > The fundamental problem is: your code may depend on the results of a DB > > operation -- it's primary purpose may even be to perform a DB operation. > > While you can test the code, you still need to test whether or not your > > code can successfully perform the DB operation as well. A common problem > > I find is that I'm building SQL on the fly -- and that process may build > > shoddy SQL. It may be building exactly what I designed it to do, but the > > RDBMS will never be able to actually utilize the SQL I build. Tests can > > help catch these issues. <snip -- full explanation> -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | WEBSITES: Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org mailto:matthew@xxxxxxxxxx | http://vermontbotanical.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
