• PhpInterpreter now passes the command to proc_open() as an array, so PHP handles argument escaping itself and the subshell is bypassed on Linux too – fewer surprises with paths and arguments containing spaces or special characters
• Test::getResult() throws a LogicException instead of silently returning an unset value when the test hasn't finished running yet – mistakes surface immediately rather than turning into puzzling downstream errors
• Improved PHPDoc types and descriptions throughout the framework for better IDE hints and static analysis

This release brings true parallel test execution on Windows, smarter PHP configuration handling, and a bunch of quality-of-life improvements. The headline: Tester now respects your system php.ini by default, which is a breaking change but makes the "it works on my machine" debugging sessions a lot shorter.

Breaking Changes

• Tester now uses system php.ini by default (#465)

Improvements

• Parallel execution on Windows finally works properly – PHP 8.5's stream_select() fix means Windows users can now enjoy actual parallelism, not just the illusion of it.
• Fixed output loss on fast-exiting processes – A race condition could swallow test output when processes finished too quickly. Your test results now survive speed.

New Features

• test() and testException() lifecycle improvements – Both functions now properly call setUp() and tearDown(), and tearDown() runs even when tests fail. Your cleanup code will actually clean up.
• Added global function testNoError()

support for PHP 8.5

• support for PHP 8.5
• added HttpAssert
• added Assert::notMatch()

• Dumper::toPhp() prints enum case directly (#457)
• DomQuery: uses PHP 8.4 HTML DOM
• added DomQuery::closest()
• DomQuery:: fixed UTF-8 handling
• DomQuery:: supports :scope
• optimized global function calls

• supports PHP 8.4
• TestHandler: improve cache file uniqueness (#454)
• DataProvider: parses INI files using INI_SCANNER_TYPED mode (BC break)

• Add testcase method's name to the test's title. (#451)
• TestCase: removed NULL byte from class names, thx @smuuf #450 #449
• added DomQuery::matches()
• code coverage: fix compatibility with PHP 8.3 #446
• test(): checks count of arguments

• Implemented console-lines mode which prints each test on separate line. (#443)
• DomQuery: searches starting from current node
• Environment::setupFunctions() creates global functions testException()

• support for PHP 8.3
• fixed accessed property before initialization (#441) (#442)
• used get_debug_type()

• requires PHP 8.0
• added PHP 8 typehints
• Capture stderr of test via temp file and output it in test results [Closes #420] (#438)
• Environment::setupFunctions() creates global functions test(), setUp() & tearDown()
• TestCase: lists the running methods
• Assert::equal() added flags $matchOrder & $matchIdentity
• constants are PascalCase
• Dumper & Assert: dumps true/false/null in lowercase