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Whilst working in some other languages, (primarily Java and C++), I have come across useful tools that enable you to compile your program in a certain way that allows you to examine what source code has been called/run whilst the program was running. You then run your regression tests and check that all the code you just added/changed had been exercised.

Does anybody know of a similar tool/programming design in order to do the same thing with PHP web pages and scripts? This would be a great help in preventing bugs slipping through in obscure parts of code that you don't realize never got tested.

Any input appreciated as always

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stackoverflow.com/questions/348850/code-coverage-tools-for-php –  goat Oct 24 '12 at 22:04

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  • phpUnit is the standard PHP testing tool, and it includes code coverage analysis. It will tell you how much of your code is covered by your unit tests.

  • xDebug is the most popular PHP debugging tool. It includes a profiler, which can generate full call profiles of a program while it's being run. These can be allow you to analyse the code paths taken during a run.

Hope one or both of them can do the sort of things you're looking for.

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Thank you for your prompt response. I'll start reading into these! –  Programster Oct 24 '12 at 21:48
    
This may also be of interest: stackoverflow.com/questions/1603980/best-php-qa-tools –  Spudley Oct 24 '12 at 22:03

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