Phpunit: how to continue test event if the assert fails

[dennis87]

is it possible to use kind of 'soft assertion' that's allow continue running the test event if the assert fail?

[whatthejeff]

The reason for the current behavior is that assertions throw exceptions when they fail. If you want to "continue running," you can use a try/catch block:

try {
    $this->assertTrue(false);
}

catch (PHPUnit_Framework_AssertionFailedError $e) {
}

// continue running

Just make sure you re-throw the exception or call $this->fail() by the end of the test if an exception is raised.

[FranciscoTT]

this also works:

   $this->expectException(Exception::class);
   try {
        $this->whateverThatGeneratesTheException...
    } finally {
        //run any code afterwards
    }