Phpunit: No tests found in TestBase class when ChildTest is not spelled correclty

[edyan]

| Q | A
| --------------------| ---------------
| PHPUnit version | 5.7.21
| PHP version | 5.6.30
| Installation Method | Composer

Hi,

I have found a strange behavior in PHPUnit when I don't write my class name correctly. I think it's related to #731

Situation:

• I have 2 classes.
  
  
  
  • A TestBase.php file that contains a TestBase class that does not end with _Test_ so that shouldn't be called
  
  
  • A ChildTest.php file that contains a MyTest class (wrong name then). When I do phpunit tests/ I get : No tests found in class "Edyan\MyPackage\Tests\TestBase" and my tests contained in the class are well executed.
  
  

• If I set TestBase as abstract : no problem

• If I rename MyTest to ChildTest : no problem

Any idea ?
Thanks

[Jean85]

Since you're using composer, it uses a PSR-0/4 autoloader. According to PSR standard, a mismatching between class and file name is an error.

[edyan]

Thanks for your answer,

Does that mean that PHPUnit shouldn't load a class that has a different name than the file ? With composer if you try to load the class ABC located into CDE.php you'll get an error.

Thanks

[sebastianbergmann]

Base classes such as your TestBase class that do not contain any tests of their own should be declared abstract. Then PHPUnit does not try to run their non-existant tests.

[edyan]

That's clear, thanks for the best practice