PHPUnit reports a PHPUnit_Framework_Exception - phpunit

Question

I added a simple test to a bundle.
As suggested in the manual I tried to have PHPUnit load the configuration with:
phpunit -c /app
phpunit.xml looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- http://www.phpunit.de/manual/current/en/appendixes.configuration.html -->
<phpunit
backupGlobals = "false"
backupStaticAttributes = "false"
colors = "true"
convertErrorsToExceptions = "true"
convertNoticesToExceptions = "true"
convertWarningsToExceptions = "true"
processIsolation = "false"
stopOnFailure = "false"
syntaxCheck = "false"
bootstrap = "bootstrap.php.cache" >
<testsuites>
<testsuite name="Project Test Suite">
<directory>../src/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
</testsuite>
</testsuites>
</phpunit>
The error message I get is:
root#h0x03:/var/www/fi/FrontendIntegrator# phpunit -c app/
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PHPUnit_Framework_Exception' with message 'Neither "Project Test Suite.php" nor "Project Test Suite.php" could be opened.' in /usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Util/Skeleton/Test.php:102
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/share/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/Command.php(157): PHPUnit_Util_Skeleton_Test->__construct('Project Test Su...', '')
#1 /usr/share/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/Command.php(129): PHPUnit_TextUI_Command->run(Array, true)
#2 /usr/bin/phpunit(49): PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main()
#3 {main}
thrown in /usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Util/Skeleton/Test.php on line 102
PHPUnit apparently loads the file and tries to find a PHP-file named after the test suites name. I cannot find any information on why it does so or how such a file should look like.

Answer 1

It seems like PHPUnit tries to find a file named after the name-attribute of the testsuite-tag
if it either cannot find any tests (wrong naming or wrong directory) or
if there is a fatal error occuring in a test-script; which occures so early that PHPUnit cannot identify the content of that file as a test - as no class could be loaded up until that point.

Answer 2

I had the same problem today testing my controllers. Turns out just following the Book's command for it doesn't work, since PHPUnit can't find the test classes. I managed to find a workaround, just specify the test file you'd like tested, and it'll work.
phpunit -c app src/Acme/DemoBundle/Tests/Utility/CalculatorTest.php

Answer 3

It happened to me that I had one extra directory level in my bundles. Instead of MyVendorName\MyBundleNameBundle I had MyVendorName\MyProject\MyBundleNameBundle
The default directories within phpunit.xml.dist, in the section testsuites are those:
<testsuites>
<testsuite name="Project Test Suite">
<directory>../src/*/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
<directory>../src/*/Bundle/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
</testsuite>
</testsuites>
but none did match my bundle namespace: Xmontero\Emperors\AdminBundle whose tests, in turn, were in the directory src/Xmontero/Emperors/AdminBundle/Tests.
In addition ALL my bundles had that syntax and I removed any bundle with the other syntax (like Acme\DemoBundle). As a result, phpunit did not find any test.
I solved like this: just below this line in phpunit.xml.dist
<directory>../src/*/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
I added this line
<directory>../src/*/*/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
so it reads:
<testsuites>
<testsuite name="Project Test Suite">
<directory>../src/*/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
<directory>../src/*/*/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
<directory>../src/*/Bundle/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
</testsuite>
</testsuites>
...and everything worked fine ;)
-- EDIT 1 day later --
It gives me now report on coverage about the test itself, when running phpunit -c app --coverage-html myNiceDir - when I expect it to give me only the coverage of the system under test.
This is because there is a whitelist that follows the same pattern, and there is something to be added in the exclude list:
Where it read this:
<exclude>
<directory>../src/*/*Bundle/Resources</directory>
<directory>../src/*/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
<directory>../src/*/Bundle/*Bundle/Resources</directory>
<directory>../src/*/Bundle/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
</exclude>
I changed into this:
<exclude>
<directory>../src/*/*Bundle/Resources</directory>
<directory>../src/*/*/*Bundle/Resources</directory>
<directory>../src/*/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
<directory>../src/*/*/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
<directory>../src/*/Bundle/*Bundle/Resources</directory>
<directory>../src/*/Bundle/*Bundle/Tests</directory>
</exclude>
I hope now it's correct ;)

Answer 4

I had the same exact error, and I solved by just upgrading my phpunit version, I had 3.6.10 and now I have 4.0.17 and it works perfectly and as expected.
The Synfony book is not completely wrong, it just states the wrong phpunit version as the needed one.