PHPUnit: Failed asserting last controller used <"error">

Question

I am working on a ZF project wich use a postgre database, on my local server (ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx).
I'm trying to run a very simple test with phpunit:

    public function testIndexAction() {
        $this->dispatch('/');  
        $this->assertController('index');  
        $this->assertAction('index');  
        $this->assertModule('default');  
        $this->assertXpathContentContains('/html/body/div[1]/div[@id=\'content\']/p', 'Los puntos de mis amigos son mis amigos..');  
    }

but it fails on the first assertion with this message:

Failed asserting last controller used <"error"> was "index"

I found this question where the author had the same problem: he solved it by adding to his 2nd php.ini the php_pdo_pgsql.dll library. But he's on windows and using xampp.
Anyway I checked it: the /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini has those 3 lines:

extension=msql.so
extension=pgsql.so
extension=pdo_pgsql.so

and I added them in the other php.ini file I found: /etc/php5/cli/php.ini and now when I run the test it says:

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/msql.so' - /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/msql.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/pdo_pgsql.so' - /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/pdo_pgsql.so: undefined symbol: php_pdo_register_driver in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pgsql' already loaded in Unknown on line 0

and now I''m really out of ideas...
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
thanx

it sounds to me that some error occurs and it dispatches to the error controller and not to the index controller. what code do you have in your index controller? — robertbasic
you're right robert: I was afk and then suddenly I thaught "f**k, I haven't checked if the error isn't in my code". It turned out that there was one column missing in one table of my test db. I added it and now it's fine. As I had spent the last few hours trying to get phpunit working I was still thinking about general configuration, not about my code. Sorry about this. What should I do now: Can i give you the right answer? should I answer myself? I feel like a total noob for asking this and don't check first :( ... — OSdave
David, can you make this error message "Failed asserting last controller used <"error"> was "index" become has more useful information about the error? Ex: In you case, the message should be "column blabla is not exists". — deerawan

OSdave OSdave · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-20T14:36:56

It turned out that there was one column missing in one table of my test db. I added it and now it's fine. As I had spent the last few hours trying to get phpunit working I was still thinking about general configuration, not about my code.

PHPUnit: Failed asserting last controller used <"error">

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