Code completion for PHPUnit and Selenium in NetBeans

Question

How can I get NetBeans to provide code-completion for PHPUnit classes and methods?

I have already tried downloading from the PHPUnit GitHub project, but I didn\'t unders

Answer 1

Add the PHPUnit directory to NetBeans's PHP global include path. This will provide code completion in NetBeans for all projects.

1. Open Tools : Options
2. Switch to the PHP tab
3. Click Add Folder... next to the Global Include Path box
4. Enter /usr/share/php/PHPUnit or navigate to where PEAR installed PHPUnit's source files
5. Click Open
6. Click OK

Update: The file defining PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase is placed in the same directory as PHPUnit when you install PHPUnit Selenium.

For example, PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase is stored in

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php

The Selenium test case is stored in

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Extensions/SeleniumTestCase.php

So by placing /usr/share/php/PHPUnit into the NetBeans include path, you pick up both. You have to install the extension first, of course.

pear install phpunit/PHPUnit_Selenium

Answer 2

Moving away from PEAR...(I'd even uninstall the PEAR version to avoid conflicts first).

1. Download PHPUnit with sources https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit and extract somewhere semi-permanent /your-install-path
2. Add /your-install-path/phpunit to your PATHs

3. In Netbeans options (Tools > Options on Windows, Netbeans > Preferences on OS X), go to PHP tab..

   a. Under the General tab, Add Folder... and select the /your-install-path/src/ folder - this will make the auto complete work

   b. Go to Frameworks & Tools tab, PHPUnit, select the /your-install-path/phpunit and /your-install-path/phpunit-skelgen respectively - this will make PHPUnit tool work within Netbeans

4. In your project settings, right click project name > Settings, Testing category, enable PHPUnit. Optionally go to the Testing > PHPUnit settings panel and make adjustments for your project.

Edit:
When I followed the instructions above, the output window told me I needed to install dependencies using "composer install." These additional steps were needed on my machine (running Netbeans 8.2 on Windows 7).

5. Download Composer and install: https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md

6. Modify your-install-path/composer.json by adding the version number between the "description" and "type" keywords like so:

   "description": "The PHP Unit Testing framework.",
   "version": "5.7.8",
   "type": "library",
   

7. Using the command line, type the following (this is a windows machine, for mac or lunix, it should be a little different):

   cd your-install-path
   composer install