Adding a filter GET parameter which allows you filter which test meth…

…ods get run. It accepts preg_match() compatible patterns.

cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_dispatcher.php

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class CakeTestSuiteDispatcher {
 		'plugin' => null,
 		'output' => 'html',
 		'show' => 'groups',
-		'show_passes' => false
+		'show_passes' => false,
+		'filter' => false
 	);
 
 /**
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ function _groupTestList() {
 	function &getManager() {
 		if (empty($this->Manager)) {
 			require_once CAKE_TESTS_LIB . 'test_manager.php';
-			$this->Manager = new $this->_managerClass();
+			$this->Manager = new $this->_managerClass($this->params);
 		}
 		return $this->Manager;
 	}

cake/tests/lib/test_manager.php

@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ class TestManager {
  */
 	public $pluginTest = false;
 
+/**
+ * String to filter test case method names by.
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+	public $filter = false;
+
 /**
  * TestSuite container for single or grouped test files
  *
@@ -80,14 +87,20 @@ class TestManager {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	public function __construct() {
-		//require_once(CAKE_TESTS_LIB . 'cake_web_test_case.php');
+	public function __construct($params) {
 		require_once(CAKE_TESTS_LIB . 'cake_test_case.php');
-		if (isset($_GET['app'])) {
+		if (isset($params['app'])) {
 			$this->appTest = true;
 		}
-		if (isset($_GET['plugin'])) {
-			$this->pluginTest = htmlentities($_GET['plugin']);
+		if (isset($params['plugin'])) {
+			$this->pluginTest = htmlentities($params['plugin']);
+		}
+		if (
+			isset($params['filter']) && 
+			$params['filter'] !== false &&
+			preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]/', $params['filter'])
+		) {
+			$this->filter = '/' . $params['filter'] . '/';
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -180,7 +193,7 @@ protected function run($reporter, $codeCoverage = false) {
 		$reporter->paintHeader();
 		$testSuite = $this->getTestSuite();
 		$testSuite->setFixtureManager($this->getFixtureManager());
-		$testSuite->run($result);
+		$testSuite->run($result, $this->filter);
 		$reporter->paintResult($result);
 		return $result;
 	}