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svetel/behatch-contexts
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Revived abandoned "Behatch contexts".

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Behatch contexts
================

[](#behatch-contexts)

[![Build status](https://github.com/svetel/behatch-contexts/actions/workflows/php.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/svetel/behatch-contexts/actions/workflows/php.yml)[![StandWithUkraine](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vshymanskyy/StandWithUkraine/main/badges/StandWithUkraine.svg)](https://github.com/vshymanskyy/StandWithUkraine/blob/main/docs/README.md)[![Stand With Ukraine](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vshymanskyy/StandWithUkraine/main/banner2-direct.svg)](https://vshymanskyy.github.io/StandWithUkraine/)Behatch contexts provide most common Behat tests.

This project forked from [Behatch/contexts](https://github.com/Behatch/contexts)

- Added support php 8.1
- Fixed deprecations
- Fixed tests for all tags, except:
    - @user
    - @skip
    - @javascript

Welcome to contribute

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

[](#installation)

This extension requires:

- Behat 3+
- Mink
- Mink extension

### Project dependency

[](#project-dependency)

1. [Install Composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/)
2. Require the package with Composer:

```
$ composer require --dev svetel/behatch-contexts

```

3. Activate extension by specifying its class in your `behat.yml`:

```
# behat.yml
default:
    # ...
    extensions:
        Behatch\Extension: ~
```

### Project bootstrapping

[](#project-bootstrapping)

1. Download the Behatch skeleton with composer:

```
$ php composer.phar create-project behatch/skeleton

```

Browser, json, table and rest step need a mink configuration, see [Mink extension](https://github.com/Behat/MinkExtension) for more information.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In `behat.yml`, enable desired contexts:

```
default:
    suites:
        default:
            contexts:
                - behatch:context:browser
                - behatch:context:debug
                - behatch:context:system
                - behatch:context:json
                - behatch:context:table
                - behatch:context:rest
                - behatch:context:xml
```

### Examples

[](#examples)

This project is self-tested, you can explore the [features directory](./tests/features) to find some examples.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

- `browser` - more browser related steps (like mink)
    - `timeout` - default timeout
- `debug` - helper steps for debugging
    - `screenshotDir` - the directory where store screenshots
- `system` - shell related steps
    - `root` - the root directory of the filesystem
- `json` - JSON related steps
    - `evaluationMode` - javascript "foo.bar" or php "foo->bar"
- `table` - play with HTML the tables
- `rest` - send GET, POST, ... requests and test the HTTP headers
- `xml` - XML related steps

### Configuration Example

[](#configuration-example)

For example, if you want to change default directory to screenshots - you can do it this way:

```
default:
    suites:
        default:
            contexts:
                - behatch:context:debug:
                    screenshotDir: "var"
```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 87% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity83

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 82.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~150 days

Recently: every ~418 days

Total

27

Last Release

1151d ago

Major Versions

1.4 → 2.02014-04-21

1.5 → 2.22015-06-03

2.8.0 → 3.0.02017-11-23

2.8.1 → 3.1.02018-03-11

3.3.0 → 4.0.02023-02-28

PHP version history (4 changes)2.2PHP ~5.4

2.3PHP >=5.4

2.8.0PHP >=5.5

4.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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