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Our bundle is missing only two things: it needs a stable release and it needs continuous integration.

Before we automate our tests, we should probably make sure they still pass:

./vendor/bin/simple-phpunit

Bah! Boo Ryan: I let our tests get a bit out-of-date. The first failure is in FunctionalTest.php in testServiceWiringWithConfiguration().

Of course: we're testing the word_provider option, but that doesn't even exist anymore! We could update this test for the tag system, but it's a little tricky due to the randomness of the classes. To keep us moving, just delete the test. Also delete the configuration we added in the kernel, and the loadFromExtension() call. But, just for the heck of it, I'll keep the custom word provider and tag it to integrate our stub word list.

62 lines | LoremIpsumBundle/tests/FunctionalTest.php
// ... lines 1 - 26
class KnpULoremIpsumTestingKernel extends Kernel
{
// ... lines 29 - 40
public function registerContainerConfiguration(LoaderInterface $loader)
{
$loader->load(function(ContainerBuilder $container) {
$container->register('stub_word_list', StubWordList::class)
->addTag('knpu_ipsum_word_provider');
});
}
// ... lines 48 - 52
}
// ... lines 54 - 62

The second failure is in KnpUIpsumTest. Ah yea, the first argument to KnpUIpsum is now an array. Wrap the argument in square brackets, then fix it in all three places.

67 lines | LoremIpsumBundle/tests/KnpUIpsumTest.php
// ... lines 1 - 8
class KnpUIpsumTest extends TestCase
{
public function testGetWords()
{
$ipsum = new KnpUIpsum([new KnpUWordProvider()]);
// ... lines 14 - 23
}
// ... line 25
public function testGetSentences()
{
$ipsum = new KnpUIpsum([new KnpUWordProvider()]);
// ... lines 29 - 37
}
// ... line 39
public function testGetParagraphs()
{
// ... lines 42 - 43
for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) {
$ipsum = new KnpUIpsum([new KnpUWordProvider()]);
// ... lines 46 - 64
}
}
}

Ok, try the tests again!

./vendor/bin/simple-phpunit

Yes! They pass.

Adding the .travis.yml File

The standard for continuous integration of open source libraries is definitely Travis CI. And if you go back to the "Best Practices" docs for bundles, near the top, Symfony has an example of a robust Travis configuration file! Awesome!

Copy this entire thing, go back to the bundle, and, at the root, create a new file - .travis.yml. Paste!

59 lines | LoremIpsumBundle/.travis.yml
language: php
sudo: false
cache:
directories:
- $HOME/.composer/cache/files
- $HOME/symfony-bridge/.phpunit
env:
global:
- PHPUNIT_FLAGS="-v"
- SYMFONY_PHPUNIT_DIR="$HOME/symfony-bridge/.phpunit"
matrix:
fast_finish: true
include:
// ... lines 16 - 59

Tip

You can use GitHub Actions as an alternative to Travis CI. Here's a configuration example:

# .github/workflows/ci.yaml
name: Lorem Ipsum Bundle CI

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  tests:
    name: Testing Lorem Ipsum Bundle
    # https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu/
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    strategy:
      fail-fast: true
      matrix:
        php-versions: ['7.2','7.3','7.4']
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Setup PHP, extensions and composer with shivammathur/setup-php
        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
        with:
          php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
          extensions: mbstring, xml, ctype, iconv, intl, pdo_sqlite, dom, filter, gd, iconv, json, mbstring, pdo
          tools: composer:v2
        env:
          update: true

      - name: Install Composer dependencies
        run: composer install

      - name: Run tests
        run: SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER=disabled ./vendor/bin/simple-phpunit

We'll talk about some of the specifics of this file in a minute. But first, in your terminal, add everything we've been working on, commit, and push.

Activating Travis CI

With the Travis config file in place, the next step is to activate CI for the repo. Go to travis-ci.org and make sure you're signed in with GitHub. Click the "+" to add a new repository, I'll select the "KnpUniversity" organization and search for lorem.

Huh. Not found. Because it's a new repository, it probably doesn't see it yet. Click the "Sync Account" button to fix that. And... search again. There it is! If it's still not there for you, keep trying "Sync Account": sometimes, it takes several tries.

Activate the repo, then click to view it. To trigger the first build, under "More options", click, ah, "Trigger build"! You don't need to fill in any info on the modal.

Oh, and from now on, a new build will happen automatically whenever you push. We only need to trigger the first build manually. And... go go go!

Adjusting PHP & Symfony Version Support

While this is working, let's go look at the .travis.yml file. It's... well... super robust: it tests the library on multiple PHP version, uses special flags to test with the lowest version of your library's dependencies and even tests against multiple versions of Symfony. Honestly, it's a bit ugly, but the result is impressive.

Back on Travis CI, uh oh, we're starting to see failures! No! Let's click on one of them. Interesting... it's some PHP version issue! Remember, we decided to support only PHP 7.1.3 or higher. But... we're testing the bundle against PHP 7.0! We could allow PHP 7.0... but let's stay with 7.1.3. In the Travis matrix, delete the 7.0 test, and change the --prefer-lowest to use 7.1.

58 lines | LoremIpsumBundle/.travis.yml
// ... lines 1 - 12
matrix:
// ... line 14
include:
// ... lines 16 - 18
- php: 7.1
// ... lines 20 - 21
# Test the latest stable release
- php: 7.1
- php: 7.2
// ... lines 25 - 58

Go back to the main Travis page again. Hmm: two failures at the bottom deal with something called symfony/lts. These make sure that Symfony works with the LTS - long-term support version - of Symfony 2 - so Symfony 2.8 - as well as the LTS of version 3 - so Symfony 3.4. Click into the LTS version 3 build. Ah, it can't install the packages: symfony/lts v3 conflicts with symfony/http-kernel version 4.

The test is trying to install version 3 of our Symfony dependencies, but that doesn't work, because our bundle requries everything at version 4!

And... that's maybe ok! If we only want to support Symfony 4, we can just delete that test. But I think we should at least support Symfony 3.4 - the latest LTS.

To do that, in composer.json, change the version to ^3.4 || ^4.0. Use this for all of our Symfony libraries.

34 lines | LoremIpsumBundle/composer.json
// ... lines 1 - 11
"require": {
// ... line 13
"symfony/config": "^3.4 || ^4.0",
"symfony/dependency-injection": "^3.4 || ^4.0",
"symfony/http-kernel": "^3.4 || ^4.0"
},
"require-dev": {
"symfony/framework-bundle": "^3.4 || ^4.0",
"symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^3.4 || ^4.0",
"symfony/browser-kit": "^3.4 || ^4.0"
},
// ... lines 23 - 34

The cool thing is, we don't actually know whether or not our bundle works with Symfony 3.4. But... we don't care! The tests will tell us if there are any problems.

Also, in .travis.yml, remove the lts v2 test.

Ok, find your terminal, add, commit with a message, and... push!

This should immediately trigger a build. Click "Current"... there it is!

Let's fast-forward... they're starting to pass... and... cool! The first 5 pass! The last one is still running and, actually, that's going to fail! But don't worry about it: this is testing our bundle agains the latest, unreleased version of Symfony, so we don't care too much if it fails. But, I'll show you why it's failing in a minute.

Tagging Version 1.0

Now that our tests are passing - woo! - it's time to tag our first, official release. You can do this from the command line, but I kinda like the GitHub interface. Set the version to v1.0.0, give it a title, and describe the release. This is where I'd normally include more details about new features or bugs we fixed. Then, publish!

You can also do pre-releases, which is a good idea if you don't want to create a stable version 1.0.0 immediately. On Packagist, the release should show up here automatically. But, I'm impatient, so click "Update" and... yes! There's our version 1.0.0!

Oh, before I forget, back on Travis, go to "Build History", click master and, as promised, the last one failed. I just want to show you why: it failed because of a deprecation warning:

Referencing controllers with a single colon is deprecated in Symfony 4.1.

Starting in Symfony 4.1, you should refer to your controllers with two colons in your route. To stay compatible with 4.0, we'll leave it.

Installing the Stable Release

Now that we finally have a stable release, let's install it in our app. At your terminal, first remove the bundle:

composer remove knpuniversity/lorem-ipsum-bundle

Wait.... then re-add it:

composer require knpuniversity/lorem-ipsum-bundle

Yes! It got v1.0.0.

We have an awesome bundle! It's tested, it's extendable, it's on GitHub, it has continuous integration, it can bake you a cake and it has a stable release.

I hope you learned a ton about creating re-usable bundles... and even more about how Symfony works in general. As always, if you have any questions or comments, talk to us down in the comments section.

All right guys, seeya next time.