Installing PHPUnit on Windows

Published on September 24, 2017 in Php, Windows

Below are the steps to install PHPUnit on Windows. Irrespective of whether you are using WAMP or XAMP installation steps shall remain the same.

  • Step I: Create a directory named bin in C drive.
  • Step II: Now add the path C:\bin to your environment.
    To do this click on Windows icon and right click on Computer and then select Properties.

    Setting Path variable - 1

    Then click on Advanced system settings in the left sidebar.

    Setting Path variable - 2

    Now in the Advanced tab click on Environment Variables button at the bottom left.

    Setting Path variable - 3

    In the System variables section scroll down and select the line where the Variable column value is Path. Click on Edit.

    Setting Path Variable - 4

    Now right click into the Variable value input box and copy it’s value.

    Setting Path Variable - 5

    Paste it in Notepad. Now add ;C:\bin at the end.

    Setting Path Variable - 6

    Now copy all this and paste it in Variable value. Save it.

  • Step III: Download phpunit phar file to bin folder.
    If you are using WAMP with PHP 7 then download the phar file from https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-6.2.phar. Else if you are using PHP 5.6 then download the phar file from https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-5.7.phar. Once downloaded rename the file to phpunit.phar and move it to C:\bin folder.
  • Step IV: Create a batch script phpunit.cmd
    Open command prompt. Type cd C:\bin and hit enter. Then type
    echo @php "%~dp0phpunit.phar" %* > phpunit.cmd and hit enter. Close and again start command prompt.
    That’s it. To verify PHPUnit has been installed type phpunit --version in command prompt. You should get something like PHPUnit x.y.z by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

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  1. Avatar
    Amala Dharmana says:
    July 9, 2021 at 5:28 am

    ‘phpunit’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.

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    Wilfred V says:
    September 22, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    Please note that it is not recommended to install PHPUnit globally, as /usr/bin/phpunit or /usr/local/bin/phpunit, for instance.

    Instead, PHPUnit should be managed as a project-local dependency.

    source: https://phpunit.readthedocs.io/en/9.3/installation.html#global-installation

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    Ajay Dhar says:
    February 7, 2020 at 6:54 am

    thanks a lot. it worked

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    Robert Fruchtman says:
    May 8, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    I am using Windows 10, php 7.1.17, 64bit. I following your instructions to the T, and yet, Step IV does not work, nothing gets displayed. I am using WampServer 3.13. When inside Wamp, i click on the local host, it works. I am using Explorer for this, and http://localhost/ does bring up the index.php in my www folder.

    C:\Users\owner>phpunit –version
    Could not open input file: c:\bin\phpunit.phar

    My path is:
    C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyPHP-DevServer-14.1VC11\binaries\php\php_runningversion;C:\app\owner\product\11.2.0\dbhome_2\bin;C:\app\owner\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\bin;C:\app\owner\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x64;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;c:\python27;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_51\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Zend\ZendServer\share\ZendFramework\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Zend\ZendServer\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Zend\MySQL55\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Brackets\command;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;c:\bin;

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    Gourav Pathela says:
    January 20, 2018 at 8:08 am

    Thanks a lot for help. It was very useful.

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