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williamgall/simpletest
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SimpleTest is a framework for unit testing, web site testing and mock objects for PHP.

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Since Mar 1Pushed 2y agoCompare

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[](#simpletest---)

SimpleTest is a framework for unit testing, web site testing and mock objects for PHP.

### Installation

[](#installation)

#### Downloads

[](#downloads)

All downloads are stored on Github Releases.

You may find the zip of the "latest released/tagged version" here:

You may find the zip archive of the "dev-master" branch here:

#### Composer

[](#composer)

You may also install the extension through Composer into the `/vendor` folder of your project.

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist simpletest/simpletest "^1.1"

```

or add the package `simpletest/simpletest` to the require-dev section of your `composer.json` file:

```
{
    "require-dev": {
        "williamgall/simpletest": "^1.2.1"
    }
}

```

followed by running `composer install`.

### Issues

[](#issues)

Please report all issues you encounter at [Github Issues](https://github.com/simpletest/simpletest/issues).

### Community

[](#community)

Feel free to [ask a new question on Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=simpletest+php) or at [Github Issues](https://github.com/simpletest/simpletest/issues).

StackOverflow offers also a good collection of [SimpleTest related questions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/simpletest).

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

PHP 7.1+

### Authors

[](#authors)

- Marcus Baker
- Jason Sweat
- Travis Swicegood
- Perrick Penet
- Edward Z. Yang
- Jens A. Koch
- [Contributors on Github](https://github.com/simpletest/simpletest/graphs/contributors)

### License

[](#license)

GNU LGPL v2.1

### Tests

[](#tests)

The unit tests for SimpleTest itself can be run here:

```
test/all_tests.php

```

The acceptance tests require a running server:

```
- php -S localhost:8080 -t test/site
- test/acceptance_test.php

```

Docs
====

[](#docs)

```
http://simpletest.org/en/first_test_tutorial.html

```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.4% 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 ~161 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

7

Last Release

933d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.2.0PHP >=7.1

v1.2.1PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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