Another way to share data between tests is to use the @depends annotation to specify when one test is depending on another. Also, one test can return a value that will be passed as an input parameter to the depending test. Sometimes, this is also called producer test and consumer test. The following code snippet is a simple example:
<?php
class DependsTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
public function testArrayFill()
{
$testedArray = array_fill(0,11,1);
$this->assertInternalType('array', $testedArray);
return $testedArray;
}
/**
* @param array $inputArray
* @return array
* @depends testArrayFill
*/
public function testPop(array $inputArray)
{
array_pop($inputArray);
$this->assertEquals(10,count($inputArray));
return $inputArray;
}
/**
* @param array $inputArray
* @return array
* @depends testPop
*/
public function testSum(array...