Changes in PHPUnit 9.6

All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.6 release series are documented in this file using the Keep a CHANGELOG principles.

[9.6.21] - 2024-09-19

Changed

• #5956: Deprecation of the `E_STRICT` constant in PHP 8.4
• Removed `.phpstorm.meta.php` file as methods such as `TestCase::createStub()` use generics / template types for their return types and PhpStorm, for example, uses that information

[9.6.20] - 2024-07-10

Changed

• Updated dependencies (so that users that install using Composer's `--prefer-lowest` CLI option also get recent versions)

[9.6.19] - 2024-04-05

Changed

• The namespaces of dependencies are now prefixed with `PHPUnitPHAR` instead of just `PHPUnit` for the PHAR distribution of PHPUnit

[9.6.18] - 2024-03-21

Changed

• #5763: Release nullable type changes for PHPUnit 9.6

[9.6.17] - 2024-02-23

Changed

• Improve output of `--check-version` CLI option
• Improve description of `--check-version` CLI option
• Show help for `--manifest`, `--sbom`, and `--composer-lock` when the PHAR is used

Fixed

• #5712: Update dependencies for PHAR distribution of PHPUnit 9.6

[9.6.16] - 2024-01-19

Changed

• Make PHAR build reproducible (the only remaining differences were in the timestamps for the files in the PHAR)

Fixed

• #5516: Assertions that use the `LogicalNot` constraint (`assertNotEquals()`, `assertStringNotContainsString()`, ...) can generate confusing failure messages
• #5666: `--no-extensions` CLI option does not work
• #5673: Confusing error message when migration of a configuration is requested that does not need to be migrated

[9.6.15] - 2023-12-01

Fixed

• #5596: `PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase` has `@internal` annotation in PHAR

[9.6.14] - 2023-12-01

Added

• #5577: `--composer-lock` CLI option for PHAR binary that displays the `composer.lock` used to build the PHAR

[9.6.13] - 2023-09-19

Changed

• The child processes used for process isolation now use temporary files to communicate their result to the parent process

[9.6.12] - 2023-09-12

Changed

• #5508: Generate code coverage report in PHP format as first in list to avoid serializing cache data

[9.6.11] - 2023-08-19

Added

• #5478: `assertObjectHasProperty()` and `assertObjectNotHasProperty()`

[9.6.10] - 2023-07-10

Changed

• #5419: Allow empty `<extensions>` element in XML configuration

[9.6.9] - 2023-06-11

Fixed

• #5405: XML configuration migration does not migrate `whitelist/file` elements
• Always use `X.Y.Z` version number (and not just `X.Y`) of PHPUnit's version when checking whether a PHAR-distributed extension is compatible

[9.6.8] - 2023-05-11

Fixed

• #5345: No stack trace shown for previous exceptions during bootstrap

[9.6.7] - 2023-04-14

Fixed

• Tests that have `@doesNotPerformAssertions` do not contribute to code coverage

[9.6.6] - 2023-03-27

Fixed

• #5270: `GlobalState::getIniSettingsAsString()` generates code that triggers warnings

[9.6.5] - 2023-03-09

Changed

• Backported the HTML and CSS improvements made to the `--testdox-html` from PHPUnit 10

Fixed

• #5205: Wrong default value for optional parameter of `PHPUnit\Util\Test::parseTestMethodAnnotations()` causes `ReflectionException`

[9.6.4] - 2023-02-27

Fixed

• #5186: SBOM does not validate

[9.6.3] - 2023-02-04

Fixed

• #5164: `markTestSkipped()` not handled correctly when called in "before first test" method

[9.6.2] - 2023-02-04

Fixed

• #4618: Support for generators in `assertCount()` etc. is not marked as deprecated in PHPUnit 9.6

[9.6.1] - 2023-02-03

Fixed

• #5073: `--no-extensions` CLI option only prevents extension PHARs from being loaded
• #5160: Deprecate `assertClassHasAttribute()`, `assertClassNotHasAttribute()`, `assertClassHasStaticAttribute()`, `assertClassNotHasStaticAttribute()`, `assertObjectHasAttribute()`, `assertObjectNotHasAttribute()`, `classHasAttribute()`, `classHasStaticAttribute()`, and `objectHasAttribute()`

[9.6.0] - 2023-02-03

Changed

• #5062: Deprecate `expectDeprecation()`, `expectDeprecationMessage()`, `expectDeprecationMessageMatches()`, `expectError()`, `expectErrorMessage()`, `expectErrorMessageMatches()`, `expectNotice()`, `expectNoticeMessage()`, `expectNoticeMessageMatches()`, `expectWarning()`, `expectWarningMessage()`, and `expectWarningMessageMatches()`
• #5063: Deprecate `withConsecutive()`
• #5064: Deprecate `PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase::getMockClass()`
• #5132: Deprecate `Test` suffix for abstract test case classes

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