Question

I’m curious to see how other developers go about testing their web sites. PHP specifically in my case, but this probably spans multiple languages. I’ve been working on a site for over a year now, and I’d really like to automate a lot of the regression testing I do between versions.

This specific site is in CodeIgniter, so I have some tests for my models. I’d like to move beyond just testing those though. However, this is an issue even non-MVC developers have had to tackle I’m sure.

Edit: I think the functionality that would satisfy a lot of my test desires is the ability to assert that paramters have a specific value at the end of the script processing. In my case a lot of logic is in the controller, and that’s the main area I’d like to test.

Answer 1

For actual unit testing without testing the UI, you should just test the functions in the model. Most of your functionality should be in there anyways.

You might want to have a look at Selenium for testing the UI of your site. It can record your actions and play them back, or you can edit the scripting directly.
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