How do I run a PHPUnit Selenium test without having a new browser window run for each function?

Question

I am trying to run a selenium test case using PHPUnit. And the first thing I do is trying the login function, this works perfect but then I want to run a function to check i

Answer 1

Okej so I guess you can just call the function directly from another function like so:

public function testOne
{
#code
$this->Two();
}

public function Two()
{
#code
$this->Three();
}

public function Three()
{
#code
}

and so on, this will just run the next function without a new browser, however, if it fails anywhere in any test the whole test is stoped so the feedback wont bee as good as individual tests.

Answer 2

You can call PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase::shareSession(true) to enable browser window reuse.

In the manual it says:

From Selenium 1.1.1, an experimental feature is included allowing the user to share the session between tests. The only supported case is to share the session between all tests when a single browser is used. Call PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase::shareSession(true) in your bootstrap file to enable session sharing. The session will be reset in the case of not successul tests (failed or incomplete); it is up to the user to avoid interactions between tests by resetting cookies or logging out from the application under test (with a tearDown() method).

Answer 3

make assetrions in one function because this is functional test. i am new to phpunit and selenium too, but I successfully test all in one like this:

public function testAuth(){  

$this->open('register.php&XDEBUG_SESSION_START=PHPSTORM');
$this->assertTextPresent('Register');
$this->type('name=email', "...");
$this->type('name=firstname', "...");
$this->type('name=lastname', "...");       
$this->type('name=password', "...");
$this->type('name=verifyPassword', "...");
$this->click("reg-butt");
$this->waitForPageToLoad("5000");
$this->assertTextPresent('Profile');
$this->open('logout.php');
$this->assertTextPresent('text from redirect page');
$this->open('login.php');
.....

}

Answer 4

To share browser sessions in Selenium2TestCase, you must set sessionStrategy => 'shared' in your initial browser setup:

public static $browsers = array(
    array(
        '...
        'browserName' => 'iexplorer',
        'sessionStrategy' => 'shared',
        ...
    )
);

The alternative (default) is 'isolated'.

Answer 5

An elegant way to set the session shared is to use PHPUnit's setUpBeforeClass() method:

public static function setUpBeforeClass()
{
    self::shareSession(true);
}