Symfony3 : phpunit run from command line returns “'phpunit' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.”

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I want to proceed to unit testing on my Symfony3.2 project.

But 'phpunit' command is not working : when I run phpunit, it returns “'phpunit' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.”

Though, everything seems to be correctly set up. I searched the internet and didn't find anything. So, could somebody help me please ?

vendor/bin/phpunit is all you need assuming you started with the usual symfony composer.json file. The other answers deal more with installing phpunit globally. If still not found do a composer require-dev phpunit/phpunit — Cerad
– Cerad, Commented May 16, 2017 at 17:42

Alvin Bunk · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-16 19:24:10Z

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Here are the steps to install on Linux:

wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-6.1.phar
chmod +x phpunit-6.1.phar
sudo mv phpunit-6.1.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit
phpunit --version

Verify the version is shown as 6.1.x and then from your Symfony directory you can now run:

phpunit

and your tests should run.

EDIT #2

Based on feedback from Cerad. Use these commands to install on windows:

Make a directory C:\bin
Download https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-6.1.phar to C:\bin
Rename the file phpunit.phar
Open a command prompt and enter the following:

cd C:\bin
echo @php "%~dp0phpunit.phar" %* > phpunit.cmd

Then you can enter:

phpunit --version

and you should see the version shown. Also you need to add C:\bin to your environment PATH.

edited May 16, 2017 at 19:24

answered May 16, 2017 at 16:49

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Cerad Over a year ago

Judging from the error message, I'm pretty sure he is running under Windows.

Alvin Bunk Over a year ago

You are right @Cerad. I added Windows install instructions as well.

Cerad Over a year ago

For what it is worth I think it is just as easy to use composer to install phpunit under the vendor directory.

EmmCall Over a year ago

@Cerad, I agree with you, but I dont know why the installation with Composer didn't work :-/

Daniella · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-16 14:26:21Z

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Follow the instructions from here:

https://phpunit.de/manual/current/en/installation.html

answered May 16, 2017 at 14:26

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COil · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-16 14:58:01Z

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The new way to go as of Symfony 3.2 is to use the phpunit bridge as explained in this blog post.

answered May 16, 2017 at 14:58

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Alvin Bunk Over a year ago

Hi there @COil. The error used to occur, but looks like the PARSE_CONSTANT error has been fixed. I've experienced this previously. So installing as per Dana Danna link is the correct way to go now if you have the latest.

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