phpunit.xml

<phpunit colors="true">
    <testsuite name="Code Test Suite">
        <directory>./</directory>
        <file>RequestTest.php</file>
    </testsuite>
    
	<php>
		<includePath>.:../..:.:/opt/apps/zendtest/code/local/code/</includePath>
		<post name="ASSESSMENT_TYPE" value="ENDSEMCENTRAL"/>
		<post name="ASSESSMENT_TITLE" value="End of Semester Open Book Examination"/>
		<post name="ASSESSMENT_WEIGHT" value="66.7"/>
		<post name="OBJECTIVES" value="array(240385, 240386, 240387)"/>
	</php>

    <logging>
		<log type="coverage-html" target="./log/report" charset="UTF-8" yui="true" highlight="true" lowupperbound="50" highlowerbound="80"/>
		<log type="testdox-html" target="./log/testdox.html"/>
	</logging>
</phpunit>

Request.class

<?php
/*
* Static Class to handle getting information from the request better
* 
* @author  D.Holborow
* @version 1.0   2006/04/03
*
*/
class Request {
  //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  //	Method
  //		get
  //	Description
  //		Gets a parameter passed to the page through the request, handles an optional value if request parameter not set
  //	Params
  //		
  public static function get($paramName, $optValue = "") {
    foreach (array($_POST, $_GET) as $params) {
      $param = self::checkParam($params, $paramName);
      if ($param !== null)
        return $param;
    }
    return $optValue;
   }
  
  public static function checkParam($globalArray, $paramName) {
    if (!isset($globalArray[$paramName])) 
      return null;
    $testValue = $globalArray[$paramName];
    if (is_string($testValue) && strlen($testValue) == 0) 
      return null;
    return $testValue;
  }
}
?>

RequestTest.php

<?php 
date_default_timezone_set("Australia/Brisbane");
require_once('./Request.class');

class RequestTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
	
	public function testReturnsPost() {
		$_GET["ASSESSMENT_ID"] = 9461;
		$_POST["QUESTIONTYPES"] = array(3,4,9);
		
		$this->assertEquals("ENDSEMCENTRAL", Request::get("ASSESSMENT_TYPE"));
		$this->assertEquals(0, Request::get("profileid", 0));
		$this->assertEquals(9461, Request::get("ASSESSMENT_ID"));
		$this->assertEquals(array(3,4,9), Request::get("QUESTIONTYPES"));
	}
	
	public function testFavoursPostOverGet() {
		$_GET["hot"] = "coffee";
		$_POST["hot"] = "chocolate";
		
		$this->assertEquals("chocolate", Request::get("hot"));
	}
	
	public function testConsidersEmptyStringToBeAbsentValue() {
		$_GET["a"] = "1";
		$_GET["b"] = "";
		$this->assertEquals("1", Request::get("a", "default"));
		$this->assertEquals("default", Request::get("b", "default"));
	}
	
	
}
?>