Segmentation Fault (core dumped) while running phpunit

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Am getting this error Segmentation Fault (core dumped) when I try to run my unit tests using phpunit.

Am stuck with this for 2 days now since I don't get a clue which is throwing this error.

My php version is,

PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Jul 7 2014 18:54:55) Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2010, by Derick Rethans

and PHP unit version is,

PHPUnit 3.7.25 by Sebastian Bergmann.

and I run this command in my project root directory, > phpunit Configuration read from /var/www/[project root]/phpunit.xml.dist Segmentation fault (core dumped)

P.S: I tried using Zend.enable_gc=0 but no luck.

EDIT: My phpunit is running on a docker container and my DB is on a different container linked to the phpunit container. The docker container is built on a ubuntu 12.04. Is the error related to disk space or memory?

Have you tried commenting out all your tests and adding them back in one by one? — Tim Fountain
I experienced this today and it turned out to be caused by a coding error that resulted in an infinite loop. 300 may be a lot to try to isolate, but it might help to examine the functions you've changed most recently and ensure each of those is still working as expected. — A Boy Named Su
Hi, Can you post codes, both the code that you are testing and your unit tests. — Ashish Awasthi

Andre Cardoso Andre Cardoso · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-31T20:51:04

I know that this question is too old but I am just answering it because recently I had the same problem. I tried all of the comments for your question but none solved my problem.

I solved it adding the processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true" in whitelist tag inside filter.

My scenario:

PHP 7
PHPUnit 5.7
Xdebug 2.4.0

I tried a lot of different configurations as list each path inside my zf module, disable controllers tests, disable all tests and enable one by one, but I only solved it when open the PHPUnit filter example and see the processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist=true that I never have seen before. After add this parameter, all tests run as expected.

<filter>
    <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
        <directory suffix=".php">../src</directory>
        <exclude>
            <directory suffix=".phtml">../view</directory>
        </exclude>
    </whitelist>
</filter>

Segmentation Fault (core dumped) while running phpunit

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