Run Tests in Parallel
On BrowserStack, you can run multiple PHPUnit tests at the same time across various browser, device and OS combinations. This is “Parallel Testing”. Parallel Testing gives you the same benefits as running a multi-threaded application helps you reduce the run time of your test suite, resulting in faster build times and faster releases.
To run tests on multiple browsers in parallel with PHPUnit on BrowserStack, modify the config file as shown below:
{
"server": "hub-cloud.browserstack.com",
"user": "YOUR_USERNAME",
"key": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY",
"capabilities": {
"browserstack.debug": true,
"name": "Bstack-[PhpUnit] Parallel Test"
},
"environments": [{
"browser": "chrome"
},{
"browser": "firefox"
},{
"browser": "safari"
},{
"browser": "internet explorer"
}]
}
Capabilities for each environment can be customised as explained earlier.
You need the following custom script to launch the tests in parallel.
$config_file = getenv('CONFIG_FILE');
if(!$config_file) $config_file = 'config/single.conf.json';
$GLOBALS['CONFIG'] = json_decode(file_get_contents($config_file), true);
$GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME'] = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME');
if(!$GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME']) $GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME'] = $CONFIG['user'];
$GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY'] = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY');
if(!$GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY']) $GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY'] = $CONFIG['key'];
$CONFIG = $GLOBALS['CONFIG'];
$procs = array();
foreach ($CONFIG['environments'] as $key => $value) {
$cmd = "TASK_ID=$key vendor/bin/phpunit tests/single_test.php 2>&1\n";
print_r($cmd);
$procs[$key] = popen($cmd, "r");
}
foreach ($procs as $key => $value) {
while (!feof($value)) {
print fgets($value, 4096);
}
pclose($value);
}
Run your tests in parallel on BrowserStack using following command:
# Run using composer
composer parallel
Note: Achieve your test coverage and build execution time goals by using our calculator to understand how many parallel sessions you need.
On BrowserStack, you can run multiple PHPUnit tests at the same time across various browser, device and OS combinations. This is “Parallel Testing”. Parallel Testing gives you the same benefits as running a multi-threaded application helps you reduce the run time of your test suite, resulting in faster build times and faster releases.
To run tests on multiple browsers in parallel with PHPUnit on BrowserStack, modify the config file as shown below:
{
"server": "hub-cloud.browserstack.com",
"user": "YOUR_USERNAME",
"key": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY",
"capabilities": {
"browserstack.debug": true
},
"environments": [{
"browser": "chrome"
},{
"browser": "firefox"
},{
"browser": "safari"
},{
"browser": "internet explorer"
}]
}
Capabilities for each environment can be customized as explained earlier.
You need the following custom script to launch the tests in parallel.
$config_file = getenv('CONFIG_FILE');
if(!$config_file) $config_file = 'config/single.conf.json';
$GLOBALS['CONFIG'] = json_decode(file_get_contents($config_file), true);
$GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME'] = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME');
if(!$GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME']) $GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME'] = $CONFIG['user'];
$GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY'] = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY');
if(!$GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY']) $GLOBALS['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY'] = $CONFIG['key'];
$CONFIG = $GLOBALS['CONFIG'];
$procs = array();
foreach ($CONFIG['environments'] as $key => $value) {
$cmd = "TASK_ID=$key vendor/bin/phpunit tests/single_test.php 2>&1n";
print_r($cmd);
$procs[$key] = popen($cmd, "r");
}
foreach ($procs as $key => $value) {
while (!feof($value)) {
print fgets($value, 4096);
}
pclose($value);
}
Run your tests in parallel on BrowserStack using following command:
# Run using composer
composer parallel
Note: Achieve your test coverage and build execution time goals by using our calculator to understand how many parallel sessions you need.
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