Question

I’m writing a test script for a website. The website has tabs (navigation link).

Let’s say, the element of that tab is id=email.

If that doesn’t exist, is it possible to skip the whole test. All test cases are based on that tab (id=email).

Right now, I have:

if($this->isElementPresent("id=email") == true) {
    perform these steps
}

And all the test scripts are like that, so it’s just opening the browser and closing it without testing anything. It’s passing them all. Is it possible to skip tests if that element doesn’t exists?

Answer 1

I would configure the test to use the same setting to see if the fields exist or not, instead of skipping tests. Mock your configuration, and set to disabled, then the tests should look for the absence of the fields, and test accordingly. Then, set the configuration to be enabled, and test that the field is there and test accordingly.

When the field is set to be disabled, you can also use the $this->markTestSkipped(). It is documented in the PHPUnit help Chapter 9. Incomplete and Skipped Tests.

Sample:

public function testEmailIdAbsent()
{
    if($this->MockConfiguration['Email'] == 'disabled')  // Or however your configuration looks
    {
         $this->assertFalse($Foo->IsElementPresent("id=email", "Email ID is present when disabled.");
        ...
    }
}

public function testEmailIdPresent()
{
    if($this->MockConfiguration['Email'] == 'enabled')  // Or however your configuration looks
    {
         $this->assertTrue($Foo->IsElementPresent("id=email", "Email ID is not present when enabled.");
        ...
    }
}

public function testEmailId()
{
    if($this->MockConfiguration['Email'] == 'disabled') // Or however your configuration looks
    {
        $this->markTestSkipped('Email configuration is disabled.');
    }
}