Changes in PHPUnit 8.5

All notable changes of the PHPUnit 8.5 release series are documented in this file using the Keep a CHANGELOG principles.

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.8...8.5">8.5.9</a> - 2020-MM-DD

Fixed

• #3965: Process Isolation throws exceptions when PHPDBG is used
• #4470: Infinite recursion when --static-backup --strict-global-state is used

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.7...8.5.8">8.5.8</a> - 2020-06-22

Fixed

• #4312: Fix for #4299 breaks backward compatibility

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.6...8.5.7">8.5.7</a> - 2020-06-21

Fixed

• #4299: "No tests executed" does not always result in exit code 1
• #4306: Exceptions during code coverage driver initialization are not handled correctly

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.5...8.5.6">8.5.6</a> - 2020-06-15

Fixed

• #4211: phpdbg_*() functions are scoped to PHPUnit\phpdbg_*()

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.4...8.5.5">8.5.5</a> - 2020-05-22

Fixed

• #4033: Unexpected behaviour when $GLOBALS is deleted

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.3...8.5.4">8.5.4</a> - 2020-04-23

Changed

• Changed how PHPUnit\TextUI\Command passes warnings to PHPUnit\TextUI\TestRunner

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.2...8.5.3">8.5.3</a> - 2020-03-31

Fixed

• #4017: Do not suggest refactoring to something that is also deprecated
• #4133: expectExceptionMessageRegExp() has been removed in PHPUnit 9 without a deprecation warning being given in PHPUnit 8
• #4139: Cannot double interfaces that declare a constructor with PHP 8
• #4144: Empty objects are converted to empty arrays in JSON comparison failure diff

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.1...8.5.2">8.5.2</a> - 2020-01-08

Removed

• eval-stdin.php has been removed, it was not used anymore since PHPUnit 7.2.7

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.0...8.5.1">8.5.1</a> - 2019-12-25

Changed

• eval-stdin.php can now only be executed with cli and phpdbg

Fixed

• #3983: Deprecation warning given too eagerly

<a href="https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.4.3...8.5.0">8.5.0</a> - 2019-12-06

Added

• #3911: Support combined use of addMethods() and onlyMethods()
• #3949: Introduce specialized assertions assertFileEqualsCanonicalizing(), assertFileEqualsIgnoringCase(), assertStringEqualsFileCanonicalizing(), assertStringEqualsFileIgnoringCase(), assertFileNotEqualsCanonicalizing(), assertFileNotEqualsIgnoringCase(), assertStringNotEqualsFileCanonicalizing(), and assertStringNotEqualsFileIgnoringCase() as alternative to using assertFileEquals() etc. with optional parameters

Changed

• #3860: Deprecate invoking PHPUnit commandline test runner with just a class name
• #3950: Deprecate optional parameters of assertFileEquals() etc.
• #3955: Deprecate support for doubling multiple interfaces

Fixed

• #3953: Code Coverage for test executed in isolation does not work when the PHAR is used
• #3967: Cannot double interface that extends interface that extends \Throwable
• #3968: Test class run in a separate PHP process are passing when exit called inside