README

scrut is a full-fledged, light-weight xUnit-style test framework for PHP.

The Why

Why write another test framekwork for PHP? One could easily argue that there are already enough, and one would be right.

But apart from the fact, that writing a test framework is great fun, the main reason that lead me to doing so was that PhpUnit started to feel kinda heavy, especially as a requirement of the micro-libraries in my web application tool kit, and the alternatives didn't convince me. Other minor reasons where that I needed a more flexible testing framework for experimenting with test styles and always wanted a framework that is aligned with my work flow.

Installation

To use scrut in your project, require it with Composer

composer require "rtens/scrut"

If you would like to develop on scrut, clone it with git, download its dependencies with Composer and execute the specification with scrut itself (the bootstrapping is the major source of fun when writing test frameworks)

git clone https://github.com/rtens/scrut.git
cd scrut
composer install
vendor/bin/scrut

Usage

There are three ways to write tests with scrut which you can mix as you please.

Minimalistic

The easiest and most minimalistic way to write a test, avoiding all dependencies on scrut, is to create a class in a folder (e.g. spec) like this:

class Foo {
    function thisOnePasses() {
        assert(true);
    }
    
    function thisOneFails() {
        assert(false, "Bang");
    }
}

Note that you don't need to follow any naming convention. scrut will execute all public methods of all classes it finds in the folder you point it to. You can use the assert function or throw Exceptions to make a test fail.

If you now run vendor/bin/scrut spec you should get the following output.

.F

---- Failed ----
Foo::thisOneFails [/home/derp/scrut/spec/Foo.php:9]
    Caught E_WARNING from /home/derp/scrut/spec/Foo.php:9
    assert(): Bang failed
    
=( 1 Passed, 1 Failed

The dot means that the first test passed, the F means that the second one failed and the reason is printed below followed by a summary of the test run.

Integrated

A more integrated way is let the test class extend StaticTestSuite and use the Assert class to make assertions.

class Foo extends StaticTestSuite {
    function thisOnePasses() {
        $this->assert("1", 1);
    }
    
    function thisOneFails() {
        $this->assert->equals("1", 2);
    }
    
    function thisOneIsEmpty() {
    }
}

The output of vendor/bin/scrut spec should now be

.FI

---- Incomplete ----
Foo::thisOneIsEmpty [/home/rtens/testScrut/spec/Bar.php:12]
    No assertions made

---- Failed ----
Foo::thisOneFails [/home/rtens/testScrut/spec/Bar.php:9]
    '1' should equal 2

=( 1 Passed, 1 Incomplete, 1 Failed

Note that the empty test method results in the test being marked as "incomplete" because no assertions are made.

Dynamic

If you're not a fan of creating classes, then you might like the third way using dynamically created objects.

return (new GenericTestSuite("Foo"))
    ->test("foo", function (Assert $assert) {
        $assert("1", 1);
    });
    ->test("bar", function (Assert $assert) {
        $assert->equals(1+1, 2);
    });

which gets you

..

=D 2 Passed

Documentation

The documentation of scrut is written in the form of an executable specification. You find it in the spec folder.

Contribution

I'm looking forward to any kind of contribution including feedback about how unnecessary this project is, bugs and suggestions for missing features. Just open a new issue or check out the open issues.