"PHP Parse error..." when trying to run phpunit.phar

Question

I am trying to set up phpunit on my server. This is what I did so far...

SSH into Apache server via PuTTY
Ran command... cd /path/to
Ran command... wget http://pear.phpunit.de/get/phpunit.phar
Ran command... chmod +x phpunit.phar
Ran command... /path/to/phpunit.phar

The error I received is...

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting ')' in /path/to/phpunit.phar on line 6

The first 8 lines of the phpunit.phar file are...

#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
define('__PHPUNIT_PHAR__', realpath($GLOBALS['_SERVER']['SCRIPT_NAME']));

spl_autoload_register(
  function ($class)
  {
      static $classes = NULL;

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Bah, that must be it! Can't believe I forgot to check. The earliest phpunit.phar seems to only work with 5.3.3+, but the server I'm working on right now is at v5.2.17. Thanks! — Scruffy Paws
– Scruffy Paws, Commented Mar 15, 2013 at 13:48

cweiske · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-15 14:25:54Z

1

You need at least PHP 5.3.3 to use PHPUnit's phar version:

Note: PHPUnit 3.7 requires PHP 5.3.3 (or later) but PHP 5.4.7 (or later) is highly recommended.

answered Mar 15, 2013 at 14:25

cweiske

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