Installing PHPUnit / Selenium in XAMPP

A small how to install PHPUnit via PEAR in an XAMPP running on a windows box. A prerequisite for a continuous build strategy.

PHPUnit is a member of the xUnit family of testing frameworks and provides both a framework that makes the writing of tests easy as well as the functionality to easily run the tests and analyze their results.

• PHPUnit homepage
• ONLamp.com - Testing PHP Code with PHPUnit
• Planet PHPUnit
• Sebastian Bergmann (creator of PHPUnit)

Installing XAMPP

• Download XAMPP from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
• Unpack the zip, don't run any installer, just use the \xampp\xampp-control.exe to control the component (so the whole XAMPP directory can be moved to another drive without having absolute paths in all configurations files)

Installing PEAR

• Execute \xampp\php\go-pear.bat and follow the onscreen instructions. The installation will modify the include_path in your php.ini file.
• Execute \xampp\php\PEAR_ENV.reg to add PEAR to the windows registry

Installing PHPUnit

• Open a command prompt
• Execute pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de
• Execute pear install phpunit/PHPUnit
• Now you should find PHPUnit installed in \xampp\php\PEAR\PHPUnit\

Installing Selenium

• Execute pear install Testing_Selenium

Some useful pear commands to keep your PHP up to date

• \xampp\php\pear list-upgrades
• \xampp\php\pear upgrade-all

All pear Commands

build Build an Extension From C Source
bundle Unpacks a Pecl Package
channel-add Add a Channel
channel-alias Specify an alias to a channel name
channel-delete Remove a Channel From the List
channel-discover Initialize a Channel from its server
channel-info Retrieve Information on a Channel
channel-update Update an Existing Channel
clear-cache Clear Web Services Cache
config-create Create a Default configuration file
config-get Show One Setting
config-help Show Information About Setting
config-set Change Setting
config-show Show All Settings
convert Convert a package.xml 1.0 to package.xml 2.0 format
cvsdiff Run a "cvs diff" for all files in a package
cvstag Set CVS Release Tag
download Download Package
download-all Downloads each available package from the default channel
info Display information about a package
install Install Package
list List Installed Packages In The Default Channel
list-all List All Packages
list-categories List All Categories
list-category List All Packages of a Category
list-channels List Available Channels
list-files List Files In Installed Package
list-packages List All Packages of a Channel
list-upgrades List Available Upgrades
login Connects and authenticates to remote server
logout Logs out from the remote server
makerpm Builds an RPM spec file from a PEAR package
package Build Package
package-dependencies Show package dependencies
package-validate Validate Package Consistency
pickle Build PECL Package
remote-info Information About Remote Packages
remote-list List Remote Packages
run-scripts Run Post-Install Scripts bundled with a package
run-tests Run Regression Tests
search Search remote package database
shell-test Shell Script Test
sign Sign a package distribution file
uninstall Un-install Package
update-channels Update the Channel List
upgrade Upgrade Package
upgrade-all Upgrade All Packages
Usage: pear [options] command [command-options]
Type "pear help options" to list all options.
Type "pear help shortcuts" to list all command shortcuts.
Type "pear help " to get the help for the specified command.