Mark a PHPUnit test class as to be ignored

Question

I have written an abstract test case class that is to be extended by concrete test case classes.

It extends from the PHPUnit_TestCase.

Is th

Answer 1

Just add the skip on the setUp():

protected function setUp()
{
    $this->markTestIncomplete();
}

Answer 2

If it is named FooTest rename it to FooTestCase.

Answer 3

Assuming you want to exclude the file name TestCase.php. As in my case I use this class as an abstract to all my test classes which itself extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase.

Solution: add this to your phpunit.xml

<testsuites>
    <testsuite name="BLABLA">
        <directory suffix=".php">./tests</directory>
        <exclude>./tests/TestCase.php</exclude>
    </testsuite>
</testsuites>

My TestCase.php example:

<?php
namespace Foo\Bar\Tests;

use Mockery as M;
use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as PHPUnit;

/**
 * Class TestCase is the Parent test class that every test class must extend from.
 */
class TestCase extends PHPUnit
{

    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

//...