Load fixtures one time before all phpunit test on symfony 3
You could implement a test listener.
tests/StartTestSuiteListener.php
namespace App\Tests;class StartTestSuite extends \PHPUnit_Framework_BaseTestListener{ public function startTestSuite(\PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite) { // do initial stuff }}Then enable enable the test listener in your phpunit.xml config:
phpunit.xml
<phpunit ...> <listeners> <listener class="App\Tests\StartTestSuiteListener"> </listener> </listeners>[...]</phpunit>In the same manner you could implement a endTestSuite (Check for all event listed in the doc)
Hope this help
You can use bash script like this to load fixtures once before all tests.
php bin/console doctrine:database:create --env=test --if-not-existsphp bin/console doctrine:schema:update --force --env=test --completephp bin/console doctrine:fixtures:load --fixtures=tests/fixtures/api --env=test --no-interactionphp vendor/bin/phpunit tests/FunctionalKeep in mind that your test will not be executed within isolated environments with fresh data and thus will interfere with each other.