Is there a way to have Behat NOT fail on PHP Notice errors?

Question

I understand that it is a best practice to have all variables defined and to check for array indexes before evaluating. However, I\'m trying to run some tests on new functio

Answer 1

EDIT: This will work for v2.x of Behat. For v > 3.x see Alexander Haas answer below.

Finally found it! By digging in the code, I found that Behat has a way to change the error reporting level. Just do

define('BEHAT_ERROR_REPORTING', E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);

in the FeatureContext.php file. It does the trick!

Afterwards, I googled the constant and found this in the changelog:

• Added BEHAT_ERROR_REPORTING constant to change error_repoting level

Answer 2

For Behat 3 see my question and answer: How to run Behat tests when there are errors of level E_USER_DEPRECATED

BEHAT_ERROR_REPORTING is dropped in favor of a configuration value.