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title: Codeception PHP Selenium testing on TestingBot
description: Codeception is a BDD-styled PHP testing framework which works very well
  with Selenium.
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  html: https://testingbot.com/support/web-automate/selenium/php/codeception
  md: https://testingbot.com/support/web-automate/selenium/php/codeception/index.md
---
# Codeception Automated Testing

See our [CodeCeption example repository](https://github.com/testingbot/php-codeception-example) for a simple example on how to run CodeCeption tests in parallel on TestingBot.

We start with a simple test:

    php codecept.phar generate:cept acceptance Welcome

Make sure you set these values in `tests/acceptance.suite.yml`

    actor: AcceptanceTester
    
    env:
      chrome:
        modules:
          enabled:
            - WebDriver
          config:
            WebDriver:
              url: 'https://www.google.com'
              host: 'hub.testingbot.com'
              port: 443
              protocol: 'https'
              path: '/wd/hub'
              browser: chrome
              capabilities:
                'browserVersion': 'latest'
                'platformName': 'WIN11'
                'tb:options':
                  'key': 'key'
                  'secret': 'secret'
                  'name': 'Sample Codeception Tests'
    
      firefox:
        modules:
          enabled:
            - WebDriver
          config:
            WebDriver:
              url: 'https://www.google.com'
              host: 'hub.testingbot.com'
              port: 443
              protocol: 'https'
              path: '/wd/hub'
              browser: firefox
              capabilities:
                'browserVersion': 'latest'
                'platformName': 'WIN11'
                'tb:options':
                  'key': 'key'
                  'secret': 'secret'
                  'name': 'Sample Codeception Tests'

Now we can run a basic example where we search for TestingBot on Google. Use a [Cest class](https://codeception.com/docs/AcceptanceTests) (the legacy Cept style with `new AcceptanceTester($scenario)` was removed in modern Codeception):

    <?php
    
    class GoogleCest
    {
        public function searchTestingBot(AcceptanceTester $I)
        {
            $I->wantTo('Search TestingBot on Google');
            $I->amOnPage('/');
            $I->fillField('q', 'TestingBot');
            $I->pressKey('q', \Facebook\WebDriver\WebDriverKeys::ENTER);
            $I->see('TestingBot');
        }
    }

Additional settings can be found on the [Codeception WebDriver Module page](https://codeception.com/docs/modules/WebDriver).

## Specify Browsers & Devices

To let TestingBot know on which browser/platform/device you want to run your test on, you need to specify the browsername, version, OS and other optional options in the capabilities field.

To see how to do this, please select a combination of browser, version and platform in the drop-down menus below.

  ![OS selected](https://testingbot.com/assets/environments/svg/windows11-0e1b28bc0fdd5034d3e4d3dc8d346c500a8c6522facf4b45d0da56537c1f1c6d.svg) Windows 11 › ![Browser Selected](https://testingbot.com/assets/environments/svg/chrome-c4081ff447d2d898d4afcb8f074a907c960e6f007716c1a1d119eee6803c4042.svg) Chrome 139 

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## Testing Internal Websites

We've built [TestingBot Tunnel](https://testingbot.com/support/tunnel), to provide you with a secure way to run tests against your staged/internal webapps.  
Please see our [TestingBot Tunnel documentation](https://testingbot.com/support/tunnel) for more information about this easy to use tunneling solution.

The example below shows how to easily run a Codeception test with our Tunnel:

1. [Download our tunnel](https://testingbot.com/support/tunnel) and start the tunnel:

    java -jar testingbot-tunnel.jar key secret

2. Adjust your test: instead of pointing to `'hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub'` like the example above - change it to point to your tunnel's IP address.   
 Assuming you run the tunnel on the same machine you run your tests, change to `'localhost:4445/wd/hub'`. localhost is the machine running the tunnel, 4445 is the default port of the tunnel.

This way your test will go securely through the tunnel to TestingBot and back. Edit the configuration in `tests/acceptance.suite.yml`:

    actor: AcceptanceTester
    
    env:
      chrome:
        modules:
          enabled:
            - WebDriver
          config:
            WebDriver:
              url: 'https://www.google.com'
              host: 'localhost'
              port: 4445
              protocol: 'http'
              path: '/wd/hub'
              browser: chrome
              capabilities:
                'browserVersion': 'latest'
                'platformName': 'WIN11'
                'tb:options':
                  'name': 'Sample Codeception Tests'

## Run tests in Parallel

Parallel Testing means running the same test, or multiple tests, simultaneously. This greatly reduces your total testing time.

You can run the same tests on all different browser configurations or run different tests all on the same browser configuration.   
 TestingBot has a large grid of machines and browsers, which means you can use our service to do efficient parallel testing. It is one of the key features we provide to greatly cut down on your total testing time.

Please see [CodeCeption Parallel Execution Docs](https://codeception.com/docs/ParallelExecution) for more information on how to run tests in parallel with [Robo-paracept](https://github.com/Codeception/robo-paracept).

### Queuing

Every plan we provide comes with a limit of parallel tests.   
 If you exceed the number of parallel tests assigned to your account, TestingBot will queue the additional tests (for up to 6 minutes) and run the tests as soon as slots become available.

## Mark tests as passed/failed

As TestingBot has no way to determine whether your test passed or failed (it is determined by your business logic), we offer a way to send the test status back to TestingBot. This is useful if you want to see if a test succeeded or failed from the TestingBot member area.

We've created an extension for Codeception: [testingbot/codeception-extension](https://github.com/testingbot/codeception-extension)

By including this in your tests, Codeception will automatically send back test-meta data to TestingBot (test name, success/failure, ...)

## Other PHP Framework examples

- [Behat](https://testingbot.com/support/web-automate/selenium/php/behat-mink)

Behat is a BDD framework which runs on PHP.   
 Mink is used for its browser emulation and works nicely together with Behat.

- [Codeception](https://testingbot.com/support/web-automate/selenium/php/codeception)

Codeception is a BDD-styled PHP testing framework.   
 This testing framework offers good Selenium support.

- [Laravel Dusk](https://testingbot.com/support/web-automate/selenium/php/laravel-dusk)

Laravel Dusk provides an easy-to-use browser automation testing framework.

- [PHPUnit](https://testingbot.com/support/web-automate/selenium/php/phpunit)

PHPUnit is the most popular unit testing framework for PHP.   
 It comes with good Selenium WebDriver support and is easy to set up.

- [SimpleTest](https://testingbot.com/support/web-automate/selenium/php/simpletest)

SimpleTest is a framework for unit testing, web site testing and mock objects for PHP.

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