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59<h1>Unit Testing Class</h1>
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61<p>Unit testing is an approach to software development in which tests are written for each function in your application.
62If you are not familiar with the concept you might do a little googling on the subject.</p>
63
64<p>CodeIgniter's Unit Test class is quite simple, consisting of an evaluation function and two result functions.
65It's not intended to be a full-blown test suite but rather a simple mechanism to evaluate your code
66to determine if it is producing the correct data type and result.
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70<h2>Initializing the Class</h2>
71
72<p>Like most other classes in CodeIgniter, the Unit Test class is initialized in your controller using the <dfn>$this->load->library</dfn> function:</p>
73
74<code>$this->load->library('unit_test');</code>
75<p>Once loaded, the Unit Test object will be available using: <dfn>$this->unit</dfn></p>
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78<h2>Running Tests</h2>
79
80<p>Running a test involves supplying a test and an expected result to the following function:</p>
81
Derek Allard0ce73ef2010-01-18 15:48:25 +0000[diff] [blame]82<h2>$this->unit->run( <var>test</var>, <var>expected result</var>, '<var>test name</var>', '<var>notes</var>');</h2>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]83
Barry Mienydd671972010-10-04 16:33:58 +0200[diff] [blame]84<p>Where <var>test</var> is the result of the code you wish to test, <var>expected result</var> is the data type you expect,
Derek Allard0ce73ef2010-01-18 15:48:25 +0000[diff] [blame]85<var>test name</var> is an optional name you can give your test, and <var>notes</var> are optional notes. Example:</p>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]86
87<code>$test = 1 + 1;<br />
88<br />
89$expected_result = 2;<br />
90<br />
91$test_name = 'Adds one plus one';<br />
92<br />
93$this->unit->run($test, $expected_result, $test_name);</code>
94
95<p>The expected result you supply can either be a literal match, or a data type match. Here's an example of a literal:</p>
96
97<code>$this->unit->run('Foo', 'Foo');</code>
98
99<p>Here is an example of a data type match:</p>
100
101<code>$this->unit->run('Foo', 'is_string');</code>
102
103<p>Notice the use of "is_string" in the second parameter? This tells the function to evaluate whether your test is producing a string
104as the result. Here is a list of allowed comparison types:</p>
105
106<ul>
Derek Allard82d6ec42009-12-22 13:53:53 +0000[diff] [blame]107<li>is_object</li>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]108<li>is_string</li>
109<li>is_bool</li>
110<li>is_true</li>
111<li>is_false</li>
112<li>is_int</li>
113<li>is_numeric</li>
114<li>is_float</li>
115<li>is_double</li>
116<li>is_array</li>
117<li>is_null</li>
118</ul>
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121<h2>Generating Reports</h2>
122
123<p>You can either display results after each test, or your can run several tests and generate a report at the end.
124To show a report directly simply echo or return the <var>run</var> function:</p>
125
126<code>echo $this->unit->run($test, $expected_result);</code>
127
128<p>To run a full report of all tests, use this:</p>
129
130<code>echo $this->unit->report();</code>
131
132<p>The report will be formatted in an HTML table for viewing. If you prefer the raw data you can retrieve an array using:</p>
133
134<code>echo $this->unit->result();</code>
135
136
137<h2>Strict Mode</h2>
138
139<p>By default the unit test class evaluates literal matches loosely. Consider this example:</p>
140
141<code>$this->unit->run(1, TRUE);</code>
142
143<p>The test is evaluating an integer, but the expected result is a boolean. PHP, however, due to it's loose data-typing
144will evaluate the above code as TRUE using a normal equality test:</p>
145
146<code>if (1 == TRUE) echo 'This evaluates as true';</code>
147
148<p>If you prefer, you can put the unit test class in to strict mode, which will compare the data type as well as the value:</p>
149
150<code>if (1 === TRUE) echo 'This evaluates as FALSE';</code>
151
152<p>To enable strict mode use this:</p>
153
154<code>$this->unit->use_strict(TRUE);</code>
155
156<h2>Enabling/Disabling Unit Testing</h2>
157
158<p>If you would like to leave some testing in place in your scripts, but not have it run unless you need it, you can disable
159unit testing using:</p>
160
161<code>$this->unit->active(FALSE)</code>
162
Derek Allard0ce73ef2010-01-18 15:48:25 +0000[diff] [blame]163<h2>Unit Test Display</h2>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]164
Derek Allard0ce73ef2010-01-18 15:48:25 +0000[diff] [blame]165<p>When your unit test results display, the following items show by default:</p>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]166
Derek Allard0ce73ef2010-01-18 15:48:25 +0000[diff] [blame]167<ul>
168 <li>Test Name (test_name)</li>
169 <li>Test Datatype (test_datatype)</li>
170 <li>Expected Datatype (res_datatype)</li>
171 <li>Result (result)</li>
172 <li>File Name (file)</li>
173 <li>Line Number (line)</li>
174 <li>Any notes you entered for the test (notes)</li>
175</ul>
176
177You can customize which of these items get displayed by using <kbd>$this->unit->set_items()</kbd>. For example, if you only wanted the test name and the result displayed:</p>
178
179<h3>Customizing displayed tests</h3>
180
181<code>
182 $this->unit->set_test_items(array('test_name', 'result'));
183</code>
184
185<h3>Creating a Template</h3>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]186
187<p>If you would like your test results formatted differently then the default you can set your own template. Here is an
188example of a simple template. Note the required pseudo-variables:</p>
189
190<code>
191$str = '<br />
192&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"><br />
193&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<kbd>{rows}</kbd><br />
194&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;tr><br />
195&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;td><kbd>{item}</kbd>&lt;/td><br />
196&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;td><kbd>{result}</kbd>&lt;/td><br />
197&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/tr><br />
198&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<kbd>{/rows}</kbd><br />
199&lt;/table>';<br />
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201$this->unit->set_template($str);
202</code>
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204<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> Your template must be declared <strong>before</strong> running the unit test process.</p>
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