My PHPUnit tests keep failing when trying to tests any .php files in my (legacy code) application that begin with the short open tag (<? instead of <?php).
But in my php.ini file, the short_open_tag is set to On.
The application runs fine. Why is PHPUnit getting upset over the short open tag? I've looked for other php.ini files, and could only find the one at /etc/php.ini. My .htaccess file doesn't affect this setting either. What else could be causing this?
So, I got it to work and the solution is frustrating: My application is on a VM and the php.ini file within the VM had the correct setting. However, PHPUnit was using the php.ini file on my local machine, which had short_open_tag set to Off. Changing that setting fixed my problem.
(I'm still unsure of why PHPUnit uses the other php.ini, but I think that's outside the scope of this question.)
General solution
1) Check which php.ini file is loaded (command line: php --ini)
2a) Set in that php ini file: short_open_tag = on
2b) Set in .htaccess file: php_value short_open_tag 1
3) Restart the server (command line: service httpd restart)
PHPUnit uses PHP-cli module of PHP. And PHP-cli has another .ini file for its configuration. I am using ubuntu 14.04, in my case
/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini//used for web compiler
/etc/php5/cli/php.ini// Used for PHP-cli, you need to setshort_open_tag=Onhere