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Behat
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Modern tools for PHP developers
Other tools worth mentioning include Codeception and behat. Both use phpUnit underneath, but have different approaches to writing tests.
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When Symfony Http Kernel is a Too Big Hammer to Use
An example of a big CLI project using this with great success is Behat: https://github.com/behat/behat
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10 Of The Best PHP Testing Frameworks For 2021
Step 3: If you don’t have a Composer, you can easily set up the framework by downloading the latest version of behat.phar.
di
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When Symfony Http Kernel is a Too Big Hammer to Use
Excellent -- I will see what I can do. Meanwhile, if you have the time and inclination, would you enter an issue for it at Github? I will do so myself at some point, but I like to see people get credit for their ideas, and you entering the issue will help keep track. (But if not, no big deal.)
What are some alternatives?
Codeception - Full-stack testing PHP framework
PHPSpec - SpecBDD Framework for PHP
ParaTest - :computer: Parallel testing for PHPUnit
Atoum - The modern, simple and intuitive PHP unit testing framework.
php-webdriver - PHP client for Selenium/WebDriver protocol. Previously facebook/php-webdriver
Peridot - Event driven BDD test framework for PHP
Kahlan - :heavy_check_mark: PHP Test Framework for Freedom, Truth, and Justice
Faker
PHPUnit - The PHP Unit Testing framework.
Prophecy - Highly opinionated mocking framework for PHP 5.3+
Mockery - Mockery is a simple yet flexible PHP mock object framework for use in unit testing with PHPUnit, PHPSpec or any other testing framework. Its core goal is to offer a test double framework with a succinct API capable of clearly defining all possible object operations and interactions using a human readable Domain Specific Language (DSL).
HTTP Mock - Mock HTTP requests on the server side in your PHP unit tests