wordpress-develop/tests/phpunit
Felix Arntz 4a16702090 General: Introduce WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE constant to signify context-specific development mode.
In recent releases, WordPress core added several instances of cache usage around specific files. While those caches are safe to use in a production context, in development certain nuances apply for whether or not those caches make sense to use. Initially, `WP_DEBUG` was used as a temporary workaround, but it was clear that a more granular method to signify a specific development mode was required: For example, caches around `theme.json` should be disabled when working on a theme as otherwise it would disrupt the theme developer's workflow, but when working on a plugin or WordPress core, this consideration does not apply.

This changeset introduces a `WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE` constant which, for now, can be set to either "core", "plugin", "theme", or an empty string, the latter of which means no development mode, which is also the default. A new function `wp_get_development_mode()` is the recommended way to retrieve that configuration value.

With the new function available, this changeset replaces all existing instances of the aforementioned `WP_DEBUG` workaround to use `wp_get_development_mode()` with a more specific check.

Props azaozz, sergeybiryukov, peterwilsoncc, spacedmonkey.
Fixes #57487.


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@56042 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
2023-06-26 19:55:28 +00:00
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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.