Run PHPUnit Tests in Certain Order

Question

Is there a way to get the tests inside of a TestCase to run in a certain order? For example, I want to separate the life cycle of an object from creation to use

Answer 1

The correct answer for this is a proper configuration file for tests. I had the same problem and fixed it by creating testsuite with necessary test files order:

phpunit.xml:


    
        
            file1 //this will be run before file2
            file2 //this depends on file1