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crysalead/kahlan
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The PHP Test Framework for Freedom, Truth and Justice.

5.2.0(4y ago)1.1k60.7k70[7 issues](https://github.com/crysalead/kahlan/issues)20MITPHPPHP >=7.1CI passing

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[![Kahlan](docs/assets/logo.png "Kahlan")](docs/assets/logo.png)

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Kahlan is a full-featured Unit & BDD test framework a la RSpec/JSpec which uses a `describe-it` syntax and moves testing in PHP one step forward.

**Kahlan lets you stub or monkey patch your code directly like in Ruby or JavaScript without any required PECL-extensions.**

Videos
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[](#videos)

- [Warren Seymour presentation at Unified Diff (2015)](http://vimeo.com/116949820)
- [Grafikart presentation in French (2016, Kahlan 2.X)](https://www.grafikart.fr/tutoriels/php/tdd-kahlan-805)

IRC
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[](#irc)

**chat.freenode.net** (server) **\#kahlan** (channel)

Documentation
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[](#documentation)

See the [full documentation here](https://kahlan.github.io/docs)

Requirements
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[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.4+
- Composer
- [phpdbg](http://php.net/manual/en/debugger-about.php) or [Xdebug](http://xdebug.org/) (only required for code coverage analysis)

Main Features
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[](#main-features)

- RSpec/JSpec syntax
- Code Coverage metrics ([xdebug](http://xdebug.org) or [phpdbg](http://phpdbg.com/docs) required)
- Handy stubbing system ([mockery](https://github.com/padraic/mockery) or [prophecy](https://github.com/phpspec/prophecy) are no longer needed)
- Set stubs on your class methods directly (i.e allows dynamic mocking)
- Ability to Monkey Patch your code (i.e. allows replacement of core functions/classes on the fly)
- Check called methods on your classes/instances
- Built-in Reporters (Terminal or HTML reporting through [istanbul](https://gotwarlost.github.io/istanbul/) or [lcov](http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php))
- Built-in Exporters (Coveralls, Code Climate, Scrutinizer, Clover)
- Extensible, customizable workflow

Syntax
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[](#syntax)

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