How do you install PHPUnit without using PEAR on Mac OS X 10.5?

Question

I am having trouble installing PEAR, but I really only want to install PHPUnit. Does anyone have experience doing this?

Answer 1

From the PHPUnit installation guide:

Although using the PEAR Installer is the only supported way to install PHPUnit, you can install PHPUnit manually. For manual installation, do the following:

1. Download a release archive from http://pear.phpunit.de/get/ and extract it to a directory that is listed in the include_path of your php.ini configuration file.
2. Prepare the phpunit script:
   1. Rename the phpunit.php script to phpunit.
   2. Replace the @php_bin@ string in it with the path to your PHP command-line interpreter (usually /usr/bin/php).
   3. Copy it to a directory that is in your path and make it executable (chmod +x phpunit).
3. Prepare the PHPUnit/Util/Fileloader.php script:
   1. Replace the @php_bin@ string in it with the path to your PHP command-line interpreter (usually /usr/bin/php).

Answer 2

Andrew, I am wrestling with installing PHPUnit at the moment. Found out that it helps a lot if restart your Webserver after updating the include_path in php.ini. Now looking for the exact location of the PHP command line interpreter (that is how I got here). I'll keep you informed.

Sabine

Answer 3

I just installed it today. My steps were as follows:

• download from /get/ - I used 3.3.9.tgz
• extract all files into the pear directory (pear-phpunit, PHPUnit/, etc...)
• change the @php_bin@ to point to my php binary (/usr/bin/php) in the files mentioned above
• create a symlink from pear-phpunit to /usr/local/bin/phpunit ( ln -s /usr/share/php/pear/pear-phpunit /usr/local/bin/phpunit )