How to output in CLI during execution of PHP Unit tests?

Question

When running a PHPUnit test, I would like to be able to dump output so I can debug one or two things.

I have tried the following (similar to the PHPUnit Manual examp

Answer 1

Just use the --verbose flag when execute phpunit.

$ phpunit --verbose -c phpunit.xml 

The advantage of this method is that you don't need to change the test code, you can print strings, var_dump's o anything you wish always and it will be shown in the console only when verbose mode is set.

I hope this helps.