'how do we specify --testdox in phpunit.xml rather than as command line option?

The output you get from phpunit when you specify --testdox is prettier and more informative than the default dots, so I would like to see it that way all the time. But I've not been able to figure out the way to express my wish for testdox output in a phpunit.xml file, unless it's redirected to a file. I want to see it right away on the console.

Any ideas?

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Solution 1:[1]

It's not (yet) possible to configure this in phpunit.xml. It should be possible in PHPUnit 8.1.

Solution 2:[2]

Since PHPUnit 8.1 it is now possible.

You need to do this:

composer require --dev phpunit/phpunit:'^8.1'

and then add testdox="true" as an attribute of your <phpunit> tag.

See my implementation: https://github.com/phpexpertsinc/skeleton/commit/0cacc1f4050363a9f15d9e5ba4b788929e7a3a92

Solution 3:[3]

If you still have the PHPUnit version lower (<) than 8.1, then add the line below to your <phpunit ... > node in your phpunit.xml

<phpunit
    printerClass="PHPUnit\Util\TestDox\CliTestDoxPrinter"
    ...
</phpunit>

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Sebastian Bergmann
Solution 2
Solution 3 Maksym Ivanov

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