How to test your plugins?
I just uploaded a new version of my test suite to the downloads section. This version allows you to test your CakePHP plugins. In contrast to the “normal” tests which are placed in app/tests, plugin tests are placed in app/plugins/[plugin name]/tests. The used folder structure for the tests folder is almost identical to the one used for app/tests:
app/
plugins/
pluginname/
tests/
components
controllers
fixtures
helpers
models
Only the groups folder is missing, as I am not (yet) convinced it is needed.
You can write the plugin tests in the same way you write your other tests (see http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2006/12/18/testing-with-cakephp-12-a-preview/).
You can execute the plugin test via command line with:
php bake2.php test application-alias plugins // executes all plugin tests php bake2.php test application-alias plugin pluginname // executes all tests of the specified plugin
Or if you use the web interface you can call:
http://example.com/tests/plugins // executes all plugin tests http://example.com/tests/plugin/pluginname // executes all tests of the specified plugin
Feedback is welcome. Happy testing :)
Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!! I’ll test this right now!
OK, I have a plugin called auth with a model called auth_login. auth_login has a function called authenticate that takes a username and a password.
In transportation/plugins/auth/tests/models, I have this:
auth_login_test.php:
AuthLogin = new AuthLogin();
}
function testAuthenticate()
{
$this->assertTrue($this->AuthLogin->authenticate(’mbuckner’,'Wh0me’));
$this->assertTrue($this->AuthLogin->authenticate(’hs-mbuckner’,'hunter’));
$this->assertFalse($this->AuthLogin->authenticate(’mbuckner’,'Hunt3r’));
$this->assertFalse($this->AuthLogin->authenticate(’es-mbuckner’,'test’));
}
}
?>
When I run localhost/transportation/tests, it shows that auth has tests. When I click the link, I get a new page that says this:
Tests for plugin auth
0/0 test cases complete: 0 passes, 0 fails and 0 exceptions.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for the help!
hydra12
OK, some of my code got cut off. Here it is again:
AuthLogin = new AuthLogin();
}
function testAuthenticate()
{
$this->assertTrue($this->AuthLogin->authenticate(’mbuckner’,'Wh0me’));
$this->assertTrue($this->AuthLogin->authenticate(’hs-mbuckner’,'hunter’));
$this->assertFalse($this->AuthLogin->authenticate(’mbuckner’,'Hunt3r’));
$this->assertFalse($this->AuthLogin->authenticate(’es-mbuckner’,'test’));
}
}
?>
I don’t know what’s up with my code getting cut off. Sorry. I posted a snippet at CakeForge. http://cakeforge.org/snippet/detail.php?type=snippet&id=178
It’s just not my day. Here’s the correct link: http://cakeforge.org/snippet/detail.php?type=snippet&id=179
OK, last time today (I hope). I got plugin testing to work, but I had to hack the cake_group_test.php to do it. test_task.php’s __addPluginModelTests function calls cake_group_test.php with an absolute path to the model test. cake_group_test’s addTestFile function is expecting a filename, not a file path. I changed the function to this, and it worked:
if (file_exists(APP.’tests’.DS.$testFile)) {
parent::addTestFile(APP.’tests’.DS.$testFile);
}
elseif (file_exists($testFile)) {
parent::addTestFile($testFile);
}
hydra12
@hydra12: Thanks for your testing. It was my bad, I forgot to update cake_group_test.php in the folder from which I generate the package :| I am sorry. I uploaded a new version.
Btw: You could also send an email instead of putting the code as snippet to cakeforge.
Thanks! It’s working great now :-)