How to configure Eclipse with Web driver PHP Binding and selenium stand alone server

[Neil Anderssion]

I am getting lots of instruction material related to "how to configure eclipse for java and selenium" ,

But my requirement is i want to use eclipse for PHP and i want to connect it with selenium stand alone server and  webdriver  php  framework  , so that i can run my selenium test cases from eclipse.

i have already installed XAMPP , PHPUNIT. i have already downloaded selenium stand alone server and Eclipse for php .

can any one please suggest how to do that.

[David]

You just need to configure how to run PHPUnit from Eclipse. Perhaps Google for that.

Basically, it's not built in like for Java, so you can't use the default Run/Run As option. You have to go configure external tools section and then run external tool to run PHPUnit.

Run->External tools->open External Tools Configuration

add new configuration entry for PHPUnit

specify path to PHPUnit (for Windows is the batch file for Linux/Mac is the PHPUnit binary itself) for location field

working directory = ${workspace_loc}

arguments = ${resource_path}

in Mac however, I did things a little differently because there's no batch file to run PHPUnit:

location = /usr/bin/php

and arguments = /usr/bin/phpunit --include-path "${project_loc}" ${resource_path} 

then to run test, select file in the (file) explorer window/view in Eclipse, then click menu option 

run->external tools->PHPUnit, assuming you named the external tool entry "PHPUnit".

The results should show in the Eclipse console view, etc.

But I would note that I personally find executing tests via the batch file in a terminal command line window more useful for analyzing results than to view it in the Eclipse console. It runs faster outside of Eclipse. But those are the steps above to run in Eclipse.

If you have Selenium server already running & PHPUnit Selenium framework code all set up, then things will run fine.

[Neil Anderssion]

Hi david

Thank you for your reply, 

I  have installed  Eclipse in  D: drive 

D:\eclipse

i am have installed Xampp and in Xampp i have installed PHPUNIT ,PEAR etc

 Xampp location is  D:\xampp\

 Php is under Xampp so  php location is : D:\xampp\php\

 PEAR is under php  so PEAR location is D:\xampp\php\PEAR\

 PHPUNIT is under PEAR  so PHPUNIT  location is  D:\xampp\php\PEAR\PHPUnit

previously what ever code i have written is stored under  "www"  folder which is under "php" folder

so all test case file location is  for example  D:\xampp\php\www\search.php 

I have stored php web driver binding under the "www" folder also

location : D:\xampp\php\www\phpwebdriver

During selenium configuration i have selected the workspace " Selenium testcase"

which is also under the "www" folder 

location : D:\xampp\php\www\Selenium testcase

david can u u tell me what should i write in the 

working directory  and arguments field ? i have tried with ${workspace_loc} and ${resource_path} respectively for those fields but it is not working. 

After starting the selenium stand alone server when i tried to run my php code  it is not working , the message is showing " not able to open the php file" 

can u please help what wrong i have done in configuration , what changes i need to make .

i have tried to install Xdebugg but according to xdebugg they required higher version of PHP engine but the latest xampp has the lower version comparison to their requirement , so i am not able to install Xdebugg.

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[Neil Anderssion]

Hi david  i  have written one wrong line

" During selenium configuration i have selected the workspace " Selenium testcase"

which is also under the "www" folder  "        this line is written wrongly

it will be  During Eclipse configuration i have selected the workspace " Selenium testcase"

which is also under the "www" folde

 

location : D:\xampp\php\www\Selenium testcase

[David]

Neil,

Not sure if you read my post correctly or got confused. Based on your setup, then this is how I think you should configure Eclipse:

location = D:\xampp\php\phpunit.bat
workspace = D:\xampp\php\www\folderToPhpTestsToRun OR ${workspace_loc}
arguments = ${resource_path}

Here's how the 3 parameters are supposed to be defined above

location = path to PHPUnit. On Windows, you typically execute PHPUnit via the phpunit.bat batch file. So you first must find where that is. And then put that as location value. I used WAMP instead of XAMPP and based on how my WAMP was structured, I assume the path I gave above should be correct for you. Because for me I have:

"C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\php.exe"
"C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\phpunit" //the binary but not .exe file must run via phpunit.bat
"C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\phpunit.bat"
"C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PHPUnit" //support files for phpunit

and the content of PHPUnit looks like

set PHPBIN="C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\php.exe"
%PHPBIN% "C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\phpunit" %*

So you execute PHPUnit as follows: phpunit.bat C:\pathTo\mytest.php

If you don't have a phpunit.bat, you might want to make one. Otherwise, your location variable might look like:

D:\xampp\php\php.exe D:\xampp\php\phpunit

or just

D:\xampp\php\php.exe

and then have argument =

D:\xampp\php\phpunit ${resource_path}

workspace = working directory (typically within Eclipse). If you're using the Eclipse workspace (i.e. D:\xampp\php\www\folderToPhpTestsToRun is actually your Eclipse workspace or opened in Eclipse) then you can simply use the variable ${workspace_loc} or one of the other variables otherwise, you'd have to hard code the specific directory.

arguments = what you pass to PHPUnit as argument. You can't hard code this, because you'd be running different tests or test suites (unless you always just run the same test suite). So argument will be typically the file you select (i.e. highlight in "file" tree explorer/view of Eclipse) before running the external tool command. You get the value of this argument via ${resource_path} variable.

Hope this helps clarify things. As you've elaborated your file setup. You might want to clarify how you set up your Eclipse workspace in case things still don't work.

[Neil Anderssion]

Hi david

I  have changed in the  configuration.

During launching the Eclipse i selected the the work space location   D:\xampp\php\www\First Project

Under the " First Project" folder i have created a php file [ search.php]  , and   from "run"->run configuration tab  i have selected  the "project default " option for  "Runtime PHP" field. [ screenshot: run_configuration.png] and the problem which is happening is [ run_config_problem.png]

For during external tool configuration  i have given  

location = D:\xampp\php\phpunit.bat

workspace = D:\xampp\php\www\First Project
arguments = ${resource_path}

screenshot : eclipse_external_tool_config.png  and the problem which was happened  [ eclipse_config_problem_launching.png]

When i tried to lunch the external tool after setup  once it show the error "variable resource empty" and another time  it show the error "php.exe  not executrable file"

i have attached the screenshot , please check it once,

Regards

Neil

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[David]

Neil, you don't have to configure "run configuration". I didn't have to do that to get things working. You just need to configure external tool configuration.

The location, set to php.bat file and the php.bat file containing the command and path to php.exe will take care of making sure PHP path is set up. That means, if you can run a PHP test by running "D:\xampp\php\phpunit.bat D:\xampp\php\www\First Project\search.php" from command line, then your setup is ok, and should run from Eclipse too.

The reason it fails with "variable resource empty" is because you didn't select the search.php file. You have to click it then go to (click) run external tool config named "phpunit".

Also, you should add the external tool config named "phpunit" to the external tools menu. Do so via the external tools config dialog, Common tab > Display in favorites menu > External Tools. Then phpunit should show up in the external tools drop down menu for easy clicking to execute.

For your other issue, not sure, but probably caused by your configuring a "run configuration" for PHP. I recommend you remove it. That should take away the error I think.

Funny I'm the only one providing help to you here. So wondering what the other Selenium PHP users use for an IDE. Or maybe those users are not on this group...

[Neil Anderssion]

Hi

David

i removed the run configuration . and to do everything from start i removed the folder "First Project" also which i created to store php file.

i open the eclipse selected the workspace : D:\xampp\php\www\

Now  from eclipse  " File->Php Project" i created a new project called " demoproject"  [ D:\xampp\php\www\demoproject] under demoproject i put the "phpwebdriver" folder also[  i.e the binding which i am using] , now i created a phpfile called "search.php" under the project "demoproject".

After doing all the above stuffs , i selected the "search.php" from the left panel and then go to the external tool configuration section [ see the  screenshot "external_config.png " ]  after configure when i run it it is showing the error 

[ '".\php.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ]  ,see the screenshot [ external_config_problem.png ]

But at command prompt , when i  gave   "D:\xampp\php\phpunit.bat D:\xampp\php\www\demoproject\search.php"  it is working fine, that is opening firefox browser and doing the operations as written in code. [ see the screenshot : command_prompt_its_working.png ]

As u have suggested that if it run from command prompt then it should also run from eclipse , but  it is not happening here.

can u suggest what type of modification i required , so that it can run from eclipse.

Regards

Neil

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[David]

Try changing the working directory to ${workspace_loc} to see if that helps. Your config looks fine otherwise.

[Neil Anderssion]

Hi David

I have tried  by setting  working directory to ${workspace_loc} but still the same error is showing  [ '".\php.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ].

Regards

Neil

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[Neil Anderssion]

Hi David

i have removed the REM comment , now my phunit.bat file looks like this

set PHPBIN=.\php.exe

"%PHPBIN%" "D:\xampp\php\phpunit" %*

as i have stated earlier  that  i have created a "demoproject" folder under "www" folder

file structure  D:\xampp\php\www\demoproject

i have found 2 interesting thing , i hope this two information may lead us to the solution.

1) when through command prompt i tried to run the search.php file which is under demoproject through the below command

D:\xampp\php\phpunit.bat D:\xampp\php\www\demoproject\search.php

after typing the above command it is processing like this

D:\xampp\php>SET PHPBIN=.\php.exe

D:\xampp\php>".\php.exe" "D:\xampp\php\phpunit" D:\xampp\php\www\demoproject\search.php

then it executes as per the code

But when in eclipse after configuring the external tool , i click on the Run button it proceeds like the following

D:\xampp\php\www\demoproject>".\php.exe" "D:\xampp\php\phpunit" \demoproject\search.php 

'".\php.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

As per my observation , in eclipse it is showing error because it is trying search  .\php.exe  , in the D:\xampp\php\www\demoproject  folder, and that's why it is returning an error .

I have attached the screenshot for better understanding, please find the attachment.

[Neil Anderssion]

Hi

david

For better under standing i am  pasting the phpunit.bat file original content and content after modification

*************************************************************ORIGINAL phpunit.bat file content start*************************************************************************

@echo off

REM PHPUnit

REM

REM Copyright (c) 2002-2010, Sebastian Bergmann <seba...@phpunit.de>.

REM All rights reserved.

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REM "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT

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REM POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

REM

if "%PHPBIN%" == "" set PHPBIN=.\php.exe

if not exist "%PHPBIN%" if "%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%" neq "" goto USE_PEAR_PATH

GOTO RUN

:USE_PEAR_PATH

set PHPBIN=%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%

:RUN

"%PHPBIN%" "D:\xampp\php\phpunit" %*

*********************************************************End of original phpunit.bat file content************************************************

***********************************start of phpunit.bat file content after modification***************************************************

set PHPBIN=.\php.exe

"%PHPBIN%" "D:\xampp\php\phpunit" %*

***********************************End of phpunit.bat file content after modification***************************************************