Strange output from PHPUnit

Question

I have installed the PHPUnit via the PEAR, and also I have installed the WordPress Plugin Test (https://github.com/tierra/wordpress-plugin-tests) to test my WordPress Plugin that is under development.

The issue that while the test run normaly, I am getting the following Output:

Running as single site... To run multisite, use -c multisite.xml
Not running ajax tests... To execute these, use --group ajax.
PHPUnit 3.7.21 by Sebastian Bergmann.

Configuration read from E:\LocalWebServer\dch\c\my-wp-installtion.dch\wordpress-test\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\myplugin\phpunit.xml

[41;37mF[0m.[36;1mS[0m

Time : 1 second, Memory: 30.50Mb

There was 1 failure:

1) CDOAjax_Tests::test_tests
Failed asserting that false is true.

E:\LocalWebServer\dch\c\my-wp-installtion.dch\wordpress-test\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\myplugin\Tests\test_CDOAjax_tests.php:7

[37;41m[2KFAILURES!
[0m[37;41m[2KTests: 3, Assertions: 2, Failures: 1, Skipped: 1.
[0m[2K

I don't know if that helps, but the phpunit.xml contains the following:

<phpunit
bootstrap="bootstrap_tests.php"
backupGlobals="false"
colors="true"
>
    <testsuites>
        <!-- Default test suite to run all tests -->
        <testsuite name="cabdriver">
            <directory prefix="test_" suffix=".php">tests</directory>
        </testsuite>
    </testsuites>
</phpunit>

As you can see, the PHPUnit output has some strange characters, like the last line that contains the [0m[2k.

My system is a Windows 7 and I run XAMPP with PHPUnit installed via the PEAR

So, can I fix that issue somehow, because the output is not so clear for reading.

Kind regards

it looks like color codes aren't being escape properly, which is most likely related to your shell. what is your shell, and what terminal application are you using? — Matt Ryan
As I have describe above, this is a CMD console on Windows 7, thanks :) — KodeFor.Me
What kind of shell ? what do you mean ? I run the the PHPUnit tests via the command line of the Windows 7 — KodeFor.Me
You find this reported here: core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12277 - As you're a windows user, see PHPUnit Windows command box nice colors — hakre
possible duplicate of What is wrong with control characters in PHPUnit command line tool? — hakre

markdrake markdrake · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-23T19:36:22

Those are color codes for unix consoles and they are hard coded in the phpunit framework as you can see here: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/blob/master/PHPUnit/TextUI/ResultPrinter.php

Example: lines 500 to 509.

public function addError(PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test, Exception $e, $time)
    {
        if ($this->colors) {
            $this->writeProgress("\x1b[31;1mE\x1b[0m");
        } else {
            $this->writeProgress('E');
        }

        $this->lastTestFailed = TRUE;
    }

I believe you can hide the colors setting the attribute colors="false" in your phpunit.xml file:

<phpunit colors="false">
  <!-- ... -->
</phpunit>

You can read more here: http://phpunit.de/manual/3.7/en/appendixes.configuration.html

Strange output from PHPUnit

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