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polevaultweb/phpunit-wp-cli-runner
==================================

Helper to test custom WP-CLI commands by bootstrapping WP-CLI in PHPUnit

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phpunit-wp-cli-runner
=====================

[](#phpunit-wp-cli-runner)

Helper to test custom WP-CLI commands by bootstrapping WP-CLI in PHPUnit

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

To install simply require the package in the `composer.json` file like

```
"require-dev":
{
"polevaultweb/phpunit-wp-cli-runner": "master@dev"
}
```

Then use `composer update` to fetch the package.

### Bootstrap

[](#bootstrap)

In your PHPUnit `bootstrap.php` file you will need add the following:

```
$vendorDir = '/path/to/vendor';
\Polevaultweb\PHPUnit_WP_CLI_Runner\Runner::init( $vendorDir );
```

Then WP-CLI will be loaded whenever you instantiate your custom CLI command classes in your unit tests cases.

See the [blog post](http://polevaultweb.com/?p=818) for more information.

###  Health Score

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Maturing project, gaining track record

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