Generating a code coverage report with PHPUnit

Question

Does anyone know the correct command line to generate a code coverage file on a PHP project? I've already installed the XDebug tool.

In the official documentation from PHPUnit, I found the following command line, but it is not working:

phpunit --coverage-text=<file>

where is the file where output is going to be stored.

I don't have any tests yet, but is there a way to generate a report file, even though there are no tests in the project?

It is much better, except you should explain what you mean by "it is not working"; how is it not working? — GrumpyCrouton
– GrumpyCrouton, Commented Apr 18, 2018 at 20:59

lorv · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-05 22:25:04Z

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You'll need to include the path to your tests, as well as the white list command with the path to the source code to be tested. E.g.

phpunit --coverage-text="coverage.txt" ./path/to/tests --whitelist="./path/to/code"

Where coverage.txt is the file that the output will be stored in. You can generate a report without any tests.

answered Dec 5, 2018 at 22:25

lorv

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