Codeception - PHP Testing framework
Benefits_
User_Centric_Tests
Codeception provides high-level domain language for tests. Tests are represented as a set of user's actions.
Browser_Testing
Tests can be executed using Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Cloud Testing services with Selenium WebDriver. Browser can be emulated with HTTP-requests through CURL with PhpBrowser.
Framework_Testing
Tests can be executed inside a PHP framework. This way web application can be executed without web server to running faster and accessing application internals. Symfony, Laravel, Zend Framework, Yii, Phalcon are supported.
API_Testing
Codeception simplifies REST and SOAP testing. There are flexible commands to test structure and data of JSON and XML responses. Testing can be done over HTTP or inside a framework.
Data Driven Tests_
Connect to various data sources MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Memcache to use their data inside tests. Take snapshots to compare data changes with previous runs.
Unit & Integration Testing
Codeception is built on top of PHPUnit and is able to execute its tests.