PHPUnit : Fatal error handling

Question

Hi all,

I use PHPUnit for unit tests, but when a fatal error is triggered, the script dies and I have no correct PHPUnit output.

I'd like that the PHPUnit output stays correctly formated, because it is read by a plugin for Eclipse. Actually the fatal error stops PHPUnit and in Eclipse the plugin can't interpret anything (because the PHPUnit script had an error, instead of handling it).

Thanks

Answer 1

try that: http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-error-handler.php

it should give you what you need. write your own error handler function. the only thing you cant catch when are errors during interpretation of your code.

Answer 2

set_error_handler() won't help you there. You can catch fatal errors using register_shutdown_function()

Answer 3

You need to use PHPUnit's process isolation features - start each test suite in a new process.

phpunit --process-isolation ...

This is the only way to make sure fatal errors don't break your phpunit output.