phpunit cannot find Class, PHP Fatal error

Question

I get phpunit and install it as this link using the simplest way for test purposes.

I just download the phpunit.phar file, chmod & rename & move to /usr/local/bin Then, I run phpunit --version, its ok.

PHPUnit 3.7.27 by Sebastian Bergmann
I write a simple test
```
public function testSomething(){

   $this -> assertTrue(true) 
}
```
Then I go into the source file folder, phpunit --colors Test

It works. So, I decide write a complex demo.

My project folder structure is like this.

Project Name
   --> app
       --> api
       --> tests

Now I write a simple class in app/api/FlyApi.php

<?php

 class FlyApi {

     public function makeFly(){
        //do something else
     }
 }

Then I write another test class for FlyApi.php

<?php

 class FlyApiTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

     public function testFly(){
        //new a FlyApi
        $flyApi = new FlyApi();

        //do something
     }
 }

At this line $flyApi = new FlyApi() I got the error.

PHP Fatal error: Class 'FlyApi' not found in /home/kevin/Workspace/fly/app/api/FlyApi.php on line 23

Yes, this line $flyApi = new FlyApi()

Technically you're just missing to require the class definition of FlyApi because PHPUnit does not do some magic auto-loading for you. It's your job to provide the unit under test before testing it (or if the class yet does not exist: it's perfectly okay that the test fails with a crash of Phpunit as the test has been written before the code as in TDD). — hakre
– hakre, Commented Sep 26, 2013 at 14:11

hakre · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-26 14:12:47Z

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You didn't load the definition of your FlyApi class.

This solution is Laravel specific:

You should be extending TestCase rather than PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase.

edited Sep 26, 2013 at 14:12

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answered Sep 23, 2013 at 14:59

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JofryHS · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-22 12:54:36Z

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Try adding your /api/ folder into your ClassLoader at app\start\global.php.

You will find this section:

ClassLoader::addDirectories(array(

    app_path().'/commands',
    app_path().'/controllers',
    ...
    app_path().'/api/
));

answered Sep 22, 2013 at 12:54

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fideloper · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-22 16:52:18Z

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Are you using Laravel's phpunit.xml file? It includes Laravel's (and Composer's) autoload.php file which lets you use all your autoloaded classes within it.

Finally, what's the whole error? It should (hopefully) tell you what class it's trying to load (which will give you clues if the namespace is wrong or something).

answered Sep 22, 2013 at 16:52

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