[TYPO3-dev] PHPUnit_Util_GlobalState::restoreGlobals destroys DB-connection (Typo3 4.5.37)

[Christian Stüdemann]

Am 05.12.2014 um 14:43 schrieb Christian Stüdemann:
> Am 04.12.2014 um 23:37 schrieb Christian Stüdemann:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> running a Selenium test with runTestInSeparateProcess=NULL,
>> inIsolation=NULL, backupGlobals=NULL lets the
>> PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase::runBare() method call
>> PHPUnit_Util_GlobalState::backupGlobals before the test run and
>> PHPUnit_Util_GlobalState::restoreGlobals after the test run in order to
>> backup and restore all global variables, because they might be changed
>> by the test run.
>>
>> The backup and/or restore of the global variables does not work
>> properly. After "restoreGlobals()" the DB-connection stored in
>> GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB'] is 0 (i.e. not existing any more), thus all later
>> DB-calls are crashing.
>>
>> Seems to be a bug from my point of view. What do you recommend?
>> a) Report it as a bug? Is it really a bug?
>> b) Run Selenium with runTestInSeparateProcess=TRUE?
>> c) Run Selenium with inIsolation=TRUE?
>> d) Run Selenium with backupGlobals=FALSE?
>> e) Add 'TYPO3_DB' to the test's backupGlobalsBlacklist?
>>
>> Thank's a lot for your support and have a nice day,
>> Christian
>
> The Forum http://forum.typo3.org/index.php/t/140961/ recommends to do
> solution e). I tried so and it was successful. Solved!

Nevertheless: It's quite hard to find this solution, if you simply run 
Selenium tests from scratch. It should be handled by the backup/restore 
procedure inside the GlobalState utility...