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Unit Tests
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A unit test is a test against a single behavior, also called a *unit*. If you
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want to test the overall way of your application, see the section about
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:ref:`Functional Tests <functional-tests>`.
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A `unit test`_ ensures that individual units of source code (e.g. a single class
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or some specific method in some class) meet their design and behave as intended.
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If you want to test an entire feature of your application (e.g. registering as a
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user or generating an invoice), see the section about :ref:`Functional Tests <functional-tests>`.
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Writing Symfony unit tests is no different from writing standard PHPUnit
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unit tests. Suppose, for example, that you have an *incredibly* simple class
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.. _`PHPUnit`: https://phpunit.de/
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.. _`documentation`: https://phpunit.readthedocs.io/
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.. _`PHPUnit Bridge component`: https://symfony.com/components/PHPUnit%20Bridge
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.. _`unit test`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing
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.. _`$_SERVER`: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php
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.. _`data providers`: https://phpunit.de/manual/current/en/writing-tests-for-phpunit.html#writing-tests-for-phpunit.data-providers

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