Call to undefined method PHP_CodeCoverage_Filter::getInstance()
Question by beanland
I’ve got a fresh copy of PHPUnit installed on my system (Ubuntu 11), but whenever I type phpunit in the console I get the following error:
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method PHP_CodeCoverage_Filter::getInstance() in /usr/bin/phpunit on line 39
I have PHPUnit’s code coverage installed, as far as I know:
>sudo pear install phpunit/PHP_CodeCoverage
phpunit/PHP_CodeCoverage is already installed and is the same as the released version 1.1.1
install failed
Why am I getting this error and how can I fix it?
Answer by David Harkness
The executable script that loads PHPUnit must not have been updated when going to 3.6.x. Reinstall it.
sudo pear uninstall phpunit/PHPUnit
sudo pear install phpunit/PHPUnit
If this doesn’t work, make sure PEAR itself is up-to-date.
Answer by Starx
For some, Anthony’s solution will not work fully because of the Unknown remote channel: pear.symfony.com or phpunit/PHPUnit requires package "channel://pear.symfony.com/Yaml".
SO here is the upgraded solution that solves this:
sudo apt-get remove phpunit
sudo pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de
sudo pear channel-discover pear.symfony-project.com
sudo pear channel-discover components.ez.no
sudo pear channel-discover pear.symfony.com
sudo pear update-channels
sudo pear upgrade-all
sudo pear install pear.symfony.com/Yaml
sudo pear install --alldeps phpunit/PHPUnit
sudo pear install --force --alldeps phpunit/PHPUnit
