Laravel 5: PHPUnit and no code coverage driver available

Question

I would like to use PHPUnit to create code coverage reports. I have tried a lot of installation setups found on the web. But nothing seems to work out.

I use the lat

Answer 1

For windows users:

1) Download xdebug

2) Rename the file to _php_xdebug.dll_ and copy the file to the ext folder in your php installation e.g C:\Program Files (x86)\php\ext

3) Open your php.ini file. For me it’s available at C:\Program Files (x86)\php\php.ini.

4) Paste the below code at the bottom of the file.

zend_extension = php_xdebug.dll
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_handler = dbgp
xdebug.remote_host = localhost
xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
xdebug.remote_port = 9000
xdebug.show_local_vars = 1