TestFest 2009 in Montreal

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Download snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/
Install from snapshot: ./configure --enable-debug && make

CLI command to run a test: make test TESTS=path to test file/directory
.phpt example: http://cvs.prohost.org/abc.phpt.txt
SVN repository: http://testfest.php.net/repos/testfest/Quebec/ (see Anna for access, check out the whole directory)

Organizing the repository:
ext/standard/tests
ext/gd/tests
...

Functions to test

gethostbyname()
gethostname()
curl_version()
proc_nice()
setcookie()
file_get_contents() with http, ftp and https "file"
iptcparse()
image2wbmp()
jpeg2wbmp()
png2wbmp()
Other stuff to test: http://gcov.php.net/ (suggesting date/time functions)

Before the event

• Send an e-mail to to register and have an SVN username
• Check out PHP 5.3 source or download a snapshot (Windows users will also need php.exe in addition to the source)
• Install SVN on your machine

On date

• Bring your laptop and power supply
• Ilia Alshanetsky will explain how to write tests on Saturday morning
• Derick Rethans and Ilia Alshanetsky will be available at various times to answer questions
• Extensions to test will be decided shortly

After the event

• Test cases will be reviewed and added to the CVS repository

Related links
TestFest on php.net

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