Comments on: PHP Implementation of Test::More http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2006/04/07/php-implementation-of-testmore/ Getting inside the mind of a php developer. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2006/04/07/php-implementation-of-testmore/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Mike Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:07:52 +0000 http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2006/04/07/php-implementation-of-testmore/#comment-52 <p><blockquote>a function called is_deeply() that Perl folks use for this.</blockquote><br /> I must have missed that one when I was looking through the different implementations. I started trying to implement something that would iterate through the array but then I took something that should be simple and started to make it unnessesarily complex. That was when I did the smart thing and walked away!</p> <p><blockquote>I've considered contributing a Test::More class to PEAR or the Zend Framework or some other library of components</blockquote><br /> That sounds like a very good idea!</p> <p>What I was saying about the actual variables was that a string could be used as an output container that could easily be overwritten (if in a class) where we could actually specify almost like a template to manipulate the output. If that happens although we start dealing with more design patterns and taking the simplistic approach out of it.</p>
a function called is_deeply() that Perl folks use for this.

I must have missed that one when I was looking through the different implementations. I started trying to implement something that would iterate through the array but then I took something that should be simple and started to make it unnessesarily complex. That was when I did the smart thing and walked away!

I’ve considered contributing a Test::More class to PEAR or the Zend Framework or some other library of components

That sounds like a very good idea!

What I was saying about the actual variables was that a string could be used as an output container that could easily be overwritten (if in a class) where we could actually specify almost like a template to manipulate the output. If that happens although we start dealing with more design patterns and taking the simplistic approach out of it.

]]> By: Chris Shiflett http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2006/04/07/php-implementation-of-testmore/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Chris Shiflett Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:35:42 +0000 http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2006/04/07/php-implementation-of-testmore/#comment-51 "What I did not like about the PHP implementation of Test::More was that there is no function to iterate through an array." There is actually a function called is_deeply() that Perl folks use for this. I just need to implement it in the PHP version in a way that makes sense to us. It is one of the few outstanding TODO items. I've considered contributing a Test::More class to PEAR or the Zend Framework or some other library of components, and that would eliminate the concern over naming collisions. For now, I just implemented it to be as close as possible to the real Test::More. It has worked very well for Perl folks, so I think it might work for us, too. Thanks for checking it out. :-) “What I did not like about the PHP implementation of Test::More was that there is no function to iterate through an array.”

There is actually a function called is_deeply() that Perl folks use for this. I just need to implement it in the PHP version in a way that makes sense to us. It is one of the few outstanding TODO items.

I’ve considered contributing a Test::More class to PEAR or the Zend Framework or some other library of components, and that would eliminate the concern over naming collisions. For now, I just implemented it to be as close as possible to the real Test::More. It has worked very well for Perl folks, so I think it might work for us, too.

Thanks for checking it out. :-)

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