Wordpress/tests/phpunit
Boone Gorges eb12311afb Comments: Abstract die() calls from comment submission routine.
Since 4.4, comment submission has been mostly abstracted into a function,
rather than being processed inline in wp-comments-post.php. This change
made it easier to write automated tests against the bulk of the comment
submission process. `wp_allow_comment()` remained untestable, however:
when a comment failed one of its checks (flooding, duplicates, etc),
`die()` or `wp_die()` would be called directly. This shortcoming posed
problems for any application attempting to use WP's comment verification
functions in an abstract way - from PHPUnit to the REST API.

The current changeset introduces a new parameter, `$avoid_die`, to the
`wp_new_comment()` stack. When set to `true`, `wp_new_comment()` and
`wp_allow_comment()` will return `WP_Error` objects when a comment check
fails. When set to `false` - the default, for backward compatibility -
a failed check will result in a `die()` or `wp_die()`, as appropriate.

Prior to this changeset, default comment flood checks took place in the
function `check_comment_flood_db()`, which was hooked to the
'check_comment_flood' action. This design allowed the default comment
flood routine to be bypassed or replaced using `remove_action()`.
In order to maintain backward compatibility with this usage, while
simultaneously converting the comment flood logic into something that
returns a value rather than calling `die()` directly,
`check_comment_flood_db()` has been changed into a wrapper function for
a call to `add_filter()`; this, in turn, adds the *actual* comment flood
check to a new filter, 'wp_is_comment_flood'. Note that direct calls
to `check_comment_flood_db()` will no longer do anything in isolation.

Props websupporter, rachelbaker.
Fixes #36901.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@38778 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
2016-10-11 03:42:28 +00:00
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data Themes: Account for uppercase chars when managing themes. 2016-10-03 18:12:57 +00:00
includes Tests: Reset post-related globals after each test. 2016-09-30 03:15:36 +00:00
tests Comments: Abstract die() calls from comment submission routine. 2016-10-11 03:42:28 +00:00
build.xml Move PHPUnit tests into a tests/phpunit directory. 2013-08-29 18:39:34 +00:00
multisite.xml OEmbed: add unit tests. @group external-oembed is not run by default. 2016-08-30 18:54:53 +00:00
README.txt Update tests/README.txt to reflect the new tests directory structure. props jdgrimes. fixes #25133. 2013-08-31 13:42:56 +00:00
wp-mail-real-test.php Initialise $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] during the test bootstrap to avoid individual tests having to do it. 2015-10-21 23:51:45 +00:00

The short version:

1. Create a clean MySQL database and user.  DO NOT USE AN EXISTING DATABASE or you will lose data, guaranteed.

2. Copy wp-tests-config-sample.php to wp-tests-config.php, edit it and include your database name/user/password.

3. $ svn up

4. Run the tests from the "trunk" directory:
   To execute a particular test:
      $ phpunit tests/phpunit/tests/test_case.php
   To execute all tests:
      $ phpunit

Notes:

Test cases live in the 'tests' subdirectory.  All files in that directory will be included by default.  Extend the WP_UnitTestCase class to ensure your test is run.

phpunit will initialize and install a (more or less) complete running copy of WordPress each time it is run.  This makes it possible to run functional interface and module tests against a fully working database and codebase, as opposed to pure unit tests with mock objects and stubs.  Pure unit tests may be used also, of course.

Changes to the test database will be rolled back as tests are finished, to ensure a clean start next time the tests are run.

phpunit is intended to run at the command line, not via a web server.