In the previous two articles, we created a test that will run in both MODX 2 and MODX 3 and looked at some options for running it. One restriction was that we couldn't run the test in both MODX versions with a single command. In this one we'll see a workaround for that issue.

This article assumes that you've installed and configured Composer, Codeception, PhpUnit, MODX, Java, WebDriver, and ChromeDriver as described in earlier articles, and that you've created the acceptance test support files from those articles.
The Problem
In the previous article we saw that running out test in both MODX 2 and MODX 3 with a single command couldn't be done. The reason is that the MODX constants like MODX_CORE_PATH
can't be changed. Since they need to have different values in MODX 2 and MODX 3, the tests will fail.
The Solution
The answer is to create a batch file that will run the test in MODX 2 and MODX 3 with separate commands:
Create a file called run18.bat
in the _build/
directory with this code:
echo "Running MODX2 tests" call codecept run acceptance T18_ResourceProtectionMODX3Cest --env firefox,modx2 --env chrome,modx2 echo "Running MODX3 tests" call codecept run acceptance T18_ResourceProtectionMODX3Cest --env firefox,modx3 --env chrome,modx3
That will run the MODX 2 and MODX 3 tests in separate environments. I'm running on windows 10, so it's possible that you'll have to modify things to match your platform if you're running something else.
You might wonder why we prefix each command line with call
. The reason is that some of the processes in our test use batch files of their own. The call
makes sure that that each command returns control to *our* batch file when finished. Without it, only the first command will run.
Coming Up
In the next article, we'll modify our test to check the permission system for elements.
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