fsockopen(): unable to connect to localhost:4444

[mattmccormick]

(I've copied this issue from sebastianbergmann/phpunit#599)

I am running PHPUnit 3.6.11 with Selenium tests included. Sometimes I forget to start the Selenium server. If I run the tests, it fails at the first test with a PHP error:

Looking at the code, it seems that the test should just be skipped but instead it completely quits. Looking at the documentation for fsockopen, I don't think it should result in a PHP error so it may be a bug with PHP itself. I am running PHP 5.3.5.

Description:
fsockopen(): unable to connect to localhost:4444 (Connection refused)

Source File:
/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Extensions/SeleniumTestCase.php(738)

Stack Trace:
#0 fsockopen('localhost',4444,0,'',10)

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Extensions/SeleniumTestCase.php(738)
#1 PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase->skipWithNoServerRunning()

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Extensions/SeleniumTestCase.php(776)
#2 PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase->runTest()

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php(804)
#3 PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase->runBare()

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestResult.php(649)
#4 PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult->run(SiteTest)

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php(751)
#5 PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase->run(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult)

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Extensions/SeleniumTestCase.php(643)
#6 PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase->run(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult)

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestSuite.php(772)
#7 PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite->runTest(SiteTest,PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult)

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestSuite.php(745)
#8 PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite->run(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult,,array(0),array(0),)

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/Framework/TestSuite.php(705)
#9 PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite->run(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult,,array(0),array(0),)

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php(325)
#10 PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner->doRun(PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite,array(4))

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/Command.php(192)
#11 PHPUnit_TextUI_Command->run(array(3),1)

/usr/share/php/PHPUnit/TextUI/Command.php(130)
#12 PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main()

/usr/bin/phpunit(46)

[giorgiosironi]

This is what I get:

[13:23:04][giorgio@Desmond:~/code/phpunit-selenium]$ php run-phpunit.php Tests/SeleniumTestCaseTest.php 
#!/usr/bin/env php
PHPUnit 3.7.1-10-g54e0ae0 by Sebastian Bergmann.

Configuration read from /home/giorgio/code/phpunit-selenium/phpunit.xml

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 10.00Mb

OK, but incomplete or skipped tests!
Tests: 41, Assertions: 0, Skipped: 41.
[13:23:11][giorgio@Desmond:~/code/phpunit-selenium]$ php -v
PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.4 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Sep 12 2012 18:59:41) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2012, by Derick Rethans
[13:23:32][giorgio@Desmond:~/code/phpunit-selenium]$ pear info phpunit/PHPUnit_Selenium
About pear.phpunit.de/PHPUnit_Selenium-1.2.9

Which version of PHPUnit_Selenium are you using?

[mattmccormick]

I'm running 1.2.7

[giorgiosironi]

Can you try upgrading to the current 1.2.9 to understand if this still needs to be fixed?
In case the problem is present with 1.2.9, please include a failing test case (the source code for a class) so that I can debug the issue here.

[mattmccormick]

Upgraded to 1.2.10 and upgraded PHPUnit to 3.7.9 and PHP to 5.3.6. I am still getting the same error.