getting selenuim 3.0.1 to work with phpunit 2.53 and java 1.8.0_121

[Bill Tangren]

I am having a great deal of difficulty getting selenium 3.0.1 to work with phpunit 2.53 and java 1.8.0_121. I have installed:

php 5.6.30 (as part of a Fedora 24 VM)
java 1.8.0_121-b14
firefox 51.0.1-2
selenium standalone server 3.0.1
phpunit 5.7.13
geckodriver 0.14.0
facebook webdriver 1.3.0

Everything that should be in the path is:

echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/selenium:/usr/local/bin/phpunit:/usr/local/bin/composer:/usr/local/bin/geckodriver

This is what I get when I start selenium:

[bjt@localhost ~]$ java -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver="/usr/local/bin/geckodriver/geckodriver" -jar /usr/local/bin/selenium/selenium-server-standalone.0.1.jar
09:11:24.814 INFO - Selenium build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75'
09:11:24.816 INFO - Launching a standalone Selenium Server
2017-02-27 09:11:24.893:INFO::main: Logging initialized @827ms
09:11:25.076 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver registration is skipped:
 registration capabilities Capabilities [{ensureCleanSession=true, browserName=internet explorer, version=, platform=WINDOWS}] does not match the current platform LINUX
09:11:25.077 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver registration is skipped:
 registration capabilities Capabilities [{browserName=MicrosoftEdge, version=, platform=WINDOWS}] does not match the current platform LINUX
09:11:25.077 INFO - Driver class not found: com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver
09:11:25.077 INFO - Driver provider com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver registration is skipped:
Unable to create new instances on this machine.
09:11:25.077 INFO - Driver class not found: com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver
09:11:25.078 INFO - Driver provider com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver is not registered
09:11:25.079 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver registration is skipped:
 registration capabilities Capabilities [{browserName=safari, version=, platform=MAC}] does not match the current platform LINUX
2017-02-27 09:11:25.257:INFO:osjs.Server:main: jetty-9.2.15.v20160210
2017-02-27 09:11:25.346:INFO:osjsh.ContextHandler:main: Started o.s.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6d8a00e3{/,null,AVAILABLE}
2017-02-27 09:11:25.431:INFO:osjs.ServerConnector:main: Started ServerConnector@548a9f61{HTTP/1.1}{0.0.0.0:4444}
2017-02-27 09:11:25.432:INFO:osjs.Server:main: Started @1366ms
09:11:25.432 INFO - Selenium Server is up and running

There are warnings, but not about any browser I'm using.

Here is a simple php file I'm trying to execute:

<?php
   require_once('/usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/autoload.php');
   class test extends PHPUnit_Extensions_Selenium2TestCase
   {
      protected function setUp()
      {
      $this->setBrowser("*firefox");
      $this->setBrowserUrl("https://fakeurl.com/");
      }
      public function testMyTestCase()
      {
      $this->open("/");
      }
   }

?>

When I run this test:

[bjt@localhost projects]$ /usr/local/bin/phpunit/phpunit-5.7.13.phar -vvv test.php

I get the following:

    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.execute(DefaultSession.java:183)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.<init>(DefaultSession.java:119)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.createSession(DefaultSession.java:95)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverSessions.newSession(DefaultDriverSessions.java:131)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.NewSession.handle(NewSession.java:59)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.NewSession.handle(NewSession.java:36)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.rest.ResultConfig.handle(ResultConfig.java:111)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.JsonHttpCommandHandler.handleRequest(JsonHttpCommandHandler.java:189)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.handleRequest(DriverServlet.java:222)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.doPost(DriverServlet.java:184)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.service(DriverServlet.java:150)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:808)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:587)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1127)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:515)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1061)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.server.Server.handle(Server.java:499)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:310)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:257)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.io.AbstractConnection$2.run(AbstractConnection.java:540)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:635)
    at org.seleniumhq.jetty9.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:555)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: The best matching driver provider Firefox/Marionette driver can't create a new driver instance for Capabilities [{browserName=*firefox}]
Build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75', time: '2016-10-18 09:48:19 -0700'
System info: host: 'localhost.localdomain', ip: '127.0.0.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.9.10-100.fc24.x86_64', java.version: '1.8.0_121'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverFactory.newInstance(DefaultDriverFactory.java:62)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:222)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:209)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$1.run(DefaultSession.java:176)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    ... 1 more
09:21:27.741 WARN - Exception: The best matching driver provider Firefox/Marionette driver can't create a new driver instance for Capabilities [{browserName=*firefox}]
Build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75', time: '2016-10-18 09:48:19 -0700'
System info: host: 'localhost.localdomain', ip: '127.0.0.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.9.10-100.fc24.x86_64', java.version: '1.8.0_121'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown

phpunit threw a similar error:

[bjt@localhost projects]$ /usr/local/bin/phpunit/phpunit-5.7.13.phar -vvv test.php
PHPUnit 5.7.13 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

Runtime:       PHP 5.6.30

E                                                                   1 / 1 (100%)

Time: 1 second, Memory: 12.50MB

There was 1 error:

1) test::testMyTestCase
PHPUnit_Extensions_Selenium2TestCase_WebDriverException: The best matching driver provider Firefox/Marionette driver can't create a new driver instance for Capabilities [{browserName=*firefox}]
Build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75', time: '2016-10-18 09:48:19 -0700'
System info: host: 'localhost.localdomain', ip: '127.0.0.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.9.10-100.fc24.x86_64', java.version: '1.8.0_121'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown

/usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-selenium/PHPUnit/Extensions/Selenium2TestCase/Driver.php:165
/usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-selenium/PHPUnit/Extensions/Selenium2TestCase/Driver.php:72
/usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-selenium/PHPUnit/Extensions/Selenium2TestCase/SessionStrategy/Isolated.php:67
/usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-selenium/PHPUnit/Extensions/Selenium2TestCase.php:296
/usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-selenium/PHPUnit/Extensions/Selenium2TestCase.php:337
/usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-selenium/PHPUnit/Extensions/Selenium2TestCase.php:314

ERRORS!
Tests: 1, Assertions: 0, Errors: 1.


It does not appear that java, selenium server, and phpunit are communicating properly.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to correct this?

Thanks.

[Bill Tangren]

I should also mention that I have composer installed and I used it to install webdrivers facebook and phpunit/selenium.

The composer.json file is a follows:

{
    "require": {
        "facebook/webdriver": "^1.3",
        "phpunit/phpunit": ">=3.7",
        "phpunit/phpunit-selenium": ">=1.2"
    }
}

The errors you see below came from the code in these webdrivers.

[David]

Did you also post (issue, etc.) to those projects themselves? The developers there can likely help you better. But my hunch could be that there might need to be a tweak in how you define the DesiredCapabilities. Has that changed for Firefox in Selenium 3?

In the interim, you could also try a different browser (Chrome, IE, Safari) and see if those crap out too or if it's just Firefox.

[Bill Tangren]

I've posted to this group, stackoverflow, and giorgiosironi/phpunit-selenium (the makers of the webdriver). No response elsewhere. Yet.

And I have tried Chrome. I got the exact same error message, even after installing the chromedriver. 

[Bill Tangren]

I was hoping someone here had already run into this issue and solved it. That's why I posted the problem. 

I don't know about DesiredCapabilities. But I do know that phpunit 5.x handles selenium test cases in a fundamentally different way than phpunit 4.x. Also, selenium 3 requires geckodriver/chromedriver, which selenium 2 did not.

On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 4:40:43 PM UTC-5, David wrote:

[Bill Tangren]

Can anyone provide ANY example of phpunit >= 5.x that successfully opens a web browser using selenium 3.x on a Linux box? I've looked at:

https://testingbot.com/support/getting-started/phpunit.html
https://www.sitepoint.com/using-the-selenium-web-driver-api-with-phpunit/
http://codeception.com/11-12-2013/working-with-phpunit-and-selenium-webdriver.html

and several others. None of them work, at least not for me. Please?

[John Dee]

I'm a WordPress dev. No problem with the latest versions using CodeCeption [which uses PHPunit as it's core]

https://wp-bdd.com/tuts/

[John Dee]

On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:30:03 AM UTC-7, John Dee wrote:

I'm a WordPress dev. No problem with the latest versions using CodeCeption [which uses PHPunit as it's core]

https://generalchicken.net/tuts/