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authorZoe Slattery <zoe@php.net>2009-03-20 15:43:11 +0000
committerZoe Slattery <zoe@php.net>2009-03-20 15:43:11 +0000
commit9705e310ca4321a4dd3aff549a9d955ea7083e46 (patch)
treee09a464411721fcd2b92fe712548eb48d6912a76 /README.TESTING
parent105c01765afbd35d918e7ffddd104a8f4bae6259 (diff)
downloadphp-git-9705e310ca4321a4dd3aff549a9d955ea7083e46.tar.gz
clarification of wwwhether 'make test' needs the PHP xecutable to be set
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@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ sapi/cli/php [-c /path/to/php.ini] run-tests.php [ext/foo/tests/GLOB]
[Which "php" executable "make test" look for]
---------------------------------------------
- You must use TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE environment variable to explicitly
-select the php executable to be used to run the tests. That can either
-be the CLI or CGI executable.
+If you are running the run-tests.php script from the command line (as above)
+you must set the TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE environment variable to explicitly
+select the PHP executable that is to be tested, that is, used to run the test scripts.
- "make test" executes "run-tests.php" script with "php" binary. Some
+If you run the tests using make test, the PHP CLI and CGI executables are
+automatically set for you. "make test" executes "run-tests.php" script with the CLI binary. Some
test scripts such as session must be executed by CGI SAPI. Therefore,
you must build PHP with CGI SAPI to perform all tests.