Top 23 PHP Testing Projects

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1. PHPUnit

   1 50 20,062 9.9 PHP

   The PHP Unit Testing framework.

   

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3. PHPStan

   2 72 14,120 9.9 PHP

   PHP Static Analysis Tool - discover bugs in your code without running it!

   

   Project mention: Clean code didn't get less important in the AI age — it got more important | dev.to | 2026-09-13

   For static analysis there's PHPStan for PHP and mypy for Python. For formatting, Prettier and gofmt are the cheapest guardrail there is, with zero excuse not to run one. For security, Semgrep covers the same principle at higher stakes.

4. Pest

   3 43 11,735 9.6 PHP

   The elegant testing framework for PHP developers and AI agents.

   

   Project mention: Copy-Pasting HTTP Fakes by Hand? Laravel Http Automock Can Do It For You | dev.to | 2026-03-10

   Requires PHP 8.2+, Laravel 11+, and Pest Works only with Laravel's HTTP client.

5. Mockery

   4 7 10,723 7.6 PHP

   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).

   

   Project mention: PHPUnit: Test Closures with Mockery::spy | dev.to | 2026-03-02

   Using Mockery::spy to Verify Closures

6. Prophecy

   5 2 8,466 7.1 PHP

   Highly opinionated mocking framework for PHP 5.3+

   

7. php-webdriver

   6 4 5,198 3.8 PHP

   PHP client for Selenium/WebDriver protocol. Previously facebook/php-webdriver

   

8. Codeception

   7 12 4,858 7.1 PHP

   Full-stack testing PHP framework

   

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10. Behat

    8 3 3,974 8.7 PHP

    BDD in PHP

    

11. phoronix-test-suite

    9 49 3,151 4.8 PHP

    The Phoronix Test Suite open-source, cross-platform automated testing/benchmarking software.

    

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12. php-ddd-example

    10 3 3,144 5.9 PHP

    🐘🎯 Hexagonal Architecture + DDD + CQRS in PHP using Symfony 7

    

    Project mention: I Curated 106 Software Design Resources and Ranked What Actually Matters | dev.to | 2026-02-12

    CodelyTV/php-ddd-example — DDD + Hexagonal in PHP/Symfony. If you're a PHP developer, start here.

13. Alice

    11 1 2,539 8.4 PHP

    Expressive fixtures generator (by nelmio)

    

14. ParaTest

    12 5 2,511 8.8 PHP

    :computer: Parallel testing for PHPUnit

    

15. Infection

    13 12 2,250 9.8 PHP

    PHP Mutation Testing library

    

    Project mention: How Mutation Testing Exposes the Truth (PHP 2026 Edition) | dev.to | 2026-05-12

    I've been there. And for a long time, I thought the answer was more tests. What I actually needed was better tests. That's exactly what mutation testing taught me, and after using Infection PHP in production projects through 2025 and into 2026, I can confidently say it changed how I think about test quality entirely.

16. testbench

    14 2 2,242 8.1 PHP

    Laravel Testing Helper for Packages Development

    

17. dusk

    15 4 1,946 7.4 PHP

    Laravel Dusk provides simple end-to-end testing and browser automation.

    

18. PHPSpec

    16 1 1,902 4.8 PHP

    SpecBDD Framework for PHP

    

19. VFS Stream

    17 0 1,440 0.0 PHP

    vfsStream is a stream wrapper for a virtual file system that may be helpful in unit tests to mock the real file system. It can be used with any unit test framework, like PHPUnit or SimpleTest.

    

20. PHP Architecture Tester

    18 5 1,280 7.5 PHP

    ✔️ PHP Architecture Tester - Easy architecture testing for PHP

    

21. Kahlan

    19 0 1,146 4.8 PHP

    :heavy_check_mark: PHP Test Framework for Freedom, Truth, and Justice

    

22. arkitect

    20 8 935 9.3 PHP

    Put your architectural rules under test!

    

23. phpunit-watcher

    21 2 876 5.8 PHP

    A tool to automatically rerun PHPUnit tests when source code changes

    

24. foundry

    22 1 802 9.1 PHP

    A model factory library for creating expressive, auto-completable, on-demand dev/test fixtures with Symfony and Doctrine. (by zenstruck)

    

25. AspectMock

    23 0 785 3.1 PHP

    The most powerful and flexible mocking framework for PHPUnit / Codeception.

    

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