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PHP and SimpleTest - running tearDown() even if there's a fatal exception

A search yields a couple of questions on catching fatal exceptions, but this one is specific to using SimpleTest. (I know that SimpleTest is out of date, but getting PHP-Unit to work on my configuration is another question).

I am trying to get the tearDown() method to work even when there is a fatal exception, as I create some test rows in the database during setup, and remove them during tear-down. But when SimpleTest comes to a fatal exception, teardown() is never ran.

Is there a way to get tearDown() to run despite a fatal exeception?

Solution

  • There is a "register_shutdown_fuction" hook that can be used:

    register_shutdown_function(array($this, 'shutdownHandler'));

    In "shutdownHandler" you can write:

    error_get_last() && $this->tearDown();