Testing

PhpStorm supports all major PHP testing frameworks: PHPUnit, Pest, Behat, Codeception, and PHPSpec. If you are using these frameworks, you can:

• Generate unit tests from within PhpStorm.

• Use PhpStorm to run and rerun tests from folders, subfolders, specific test classes, test methods, or PHPUnit data sets. You can also enable an autotest-like runner to automatically restart tests in the current run configuration every time you change the related source code.

• Track and explore test results in a dedicated Test runner tool window.

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Note that, to run tests, you need to have a local or remote PHP interpreter configured in PhpStorm.

PhpStorm enables support for the test frameworks used in the project automatically if you install project dependencies with Composer. If a project contains multiple composer.json files, each Composer-managed subdirectory will have its own configurations for test frameworks. To customize the test framework configuration, or enable support manually, go to the Test Frameworks settings page.

For framework-specific guides, see:

• PHPUnit

• Pest

• Behat

• Codeception

• PHPSpec