phpunit throws Uncaught exception 'PHPUnit_Framework_Exception

Question

I have a Zend Framework project, and want to using unit testing to test it.

In tests folder, I have the phpunit.xml as following;

Answer 1

I was having the same problem with the same setup. From what I understand, more recent versions of PHPUnit require at least one actual test to run properly. After creating a simple test, it worked.

myProject/tests/application/DemoTest.php

<?php
class DemoTest extends ControllerTestCase
{
    public function setUp() {
        parent::setUp();
    }

    public function testCanDoUnitTest() {
        $this->assertTrue(true);
    }
}

Answer 2

I noticed that you're not using the <testsuites> which contains multiple occurences of <testsuite>.

Here is my phpunit.xml which works fine for Zend Framework projects:

<testsuites>
  <testsuite name="UnitTests">
    <directory>./library</directory>
  </testsuite>
  <testsuite name="ApplicationTests">
    <directory>./application</directory>
  </testsuite>
</testsuites>

Answer 3

Youll notice its throwing the exception because its looking for a file named the same as the name you provided for your test suite. You need to actually write a test suite and then supply the name of that test suite to your config: http://www.phpunit.de/manual/3.2/en/organizing-test-suites.html