How do you enable code coverage?

[StanBarrows]

How do you enable code coverage?

In my Herd php.ini xdebug.mode=coverage is enabled. But if I run my tests with the --coverage flag I'm receiving an error.

 php artisan test --coverage

 ERROR  Code coverage driver not available. Did you install Xdebug or PCOV?

[chongkan]

The PHP.ini file is located in the Application Support dir.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11829931/setting-xdebug-coverage-enable-on-on-command-line-for-phpunit

[chongkan]

PS... I was only able to get that one project setup, since then, I have tried for days and hours.. 1000s of different configs around the web and according to herd, I need to run "herd coverage"... where? with what config?

about to start building a Docker fot this project and future projects.

[kauffinger]

What worked for me (Herd Pro) was moving xdebug config in the main php.ini. With that, coverage works.

[chongkan]

moving it? from where to where?

I ended up setting up a Docker for that project but still coverage wasn't working. Everytime I need to set up coverage, I spend a lot time, days, getting it configured. One finds countless outdated configurations everywhere and wastes a lot of time on that.

I have a project where I need to stop herd, that makes the SSL config really easy, and run sail in order to have coverage reporting in the local machine.

For the most recent project, I spent the weekend getting my neck contracted and put in pause yet again to move on to other stuff. Currently leveraging Codecov report in the cloud for that.

[kauffinger]

In herd pro, a debug.ini is created automatically which, for me, did nothing to actually enable xdebug coverage mode.
When adding the configuration to the main php.ini for the php versions my projects use, I was able to run pest with coverage enabled.

Not sure what exactly you are trying to accomplish, but that's a way of looking into coverage.

[alimranahmed]

I had similar issue and solved it, I used pcov instead of xdebug. It seems lightweight to me.
I wrote an article on it: How to install PCOV in Laravel Herd to see code coverage of Laravel application

[sheadawson]

Great article! Thank you Al 🙏

[tomcoonen]

Ran into this discussion, it's implemented in Herd now: herd coverage ./vendor/bin/pest --coverage.
https://herd.laravel.com/docs/1/herd-pro/xdebug#code-coverage