Close #63.

ChangeLog.markdown

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PHPUnit 3.6.0
 
 * Added `assertCount()` and `assertNotCount()` to assert the number of elements in an array as well as `Countable` or `Iterator` objects.
 * Added `returnSelf()` to ease the mocking and stubbing of fluent interfaces.
+* Implemented GH-63: Invalid `@covers` annotations should produce a test error instead of aborting PHPUnit.
 * Implemented GH-82: Test Skeleton Generator should create `@covers` annotations.
 * Implemented GH-83: Test errors and failures as well as incomplete and skipped tests now get coloured letters in the test progress.
 * Implemented GH-88: `@expectedException` (and `setExpectedException()`) no longer accept `Exception` as the expected exception class.

PHPUnit/Framework/TestResult.php

@@ -663,7 +663,17 @@ public function run(PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test)
         }
 
         if ($useXdebug) {
-            $this->codeCoverage->stop(!$incomplete && !$skipped);
+            try {
+                $this->codeCoverage->stop(!$incomplete && !$skipped);
+            }
+
+            catch (PHP_CodeCoverage_Exception $cce) {
+                $error = TRUE;
+
+                if (!isset($e)) {
+                    $e = $cce;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         if ($errorHandlerSet === TRUE) {