Codeception run before all tests inside a CEST

Question

I want to run something before all the tests inside a particular Cest, and then clean it up after all tests have run, similar to the setUpBeforeClass and tearDownAfterClass method in PHPUnit.

Is there a method to do something like this in Codeception?

Answer 1

From Codeception point of view, Cest class is just a bunch of Cept scenarios. There is no object scope and no before/after class hooks.

My advice is to use Test format instead and use PhpUnit hooks.

Test format extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase so setUpBeforeClass should work.