Access current test name from skip() and/or setUp()?

[claytonrcarter]

I know that we can use getTests() to get a list of all tests in a UnitTestCase, but I haven't been able to figure out if it's possible to access the test/method that's currently being run, setup, or checked for skipping.

[jakoch]

Hey Clayton,

that are some interesting questions.

How to get the test/method that's currently being run?

You can get the test/method that's currently being run with __FUNCTION__.
If you need the name of the test class and the name of function, its
either get_class($this). '->' . __FUNCTION__ or simply echo __METHOD__.

Check also $this->getLabel(), which retruns get_class($this),
if the test name wasn't set to the test class in its constructor.
(But this is the class name of a test case - not the individual test method name.)

How to access the test/method during setUp()?

This isn't possible from a UnitTestCase.

The name of the next test method is basically $method inside SimpleInvoker,
but there is no easy way to access it from a UnitTestCase. One could possibly
come up with some Reflection based hacks to get access to $method in SimpleInvoker.

The exec flow is skip() before setUp() before the test $method, see https://github.com/simpletest/simpletest/blob/master/invoker.php#L57

How to access access the test/method that's checked for skipping?

This isn't possible from a UnitTestCase.

There is no list of tests "checked for skipping".
You can only get the skips with a Reporter, while iterating the test methods.

For instance, the SelectiveReporter allows to run just a single test group, a single test case or even a single assertion/test within that case.
Referencing: https://github.com/simpletest/simpletest/blob/master/reporter.php#L309

Best, Jens

[claytonrcarter]

Thank you. This is as I suspected. I know how to get the name of the current function, but in my case I don't want to get skip or setUp, I wanted something like testNextTestToRun because (for various complicated reasons) I needed to run just a single test depending on some other factors. I was hoping to be able to do something like

function skip() {
  $this->skipIf( $this->getCurrentTest() == "testNextTestToRun" );
}

In the end, I ended up overriding getTests() to return just the name of the test I wanted to run based on the "other factors" in play.

Thank you for the note about SelectiveReporter! I will have to have a look at it and how to use it.