Partly - I was wondering also if there was something similar to the 
functionality phpunit has for initialising database contents from XML 
files, etc.

On 19/04/2010 5:15 PM, David Coallier wrote:
> On 19 April 2010 07:16, Patrick Barnes<mrtrick@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Has anyone on the list (or elsewhere) written code for phpunit to make
>> setting up /tearing down couchdb test databases for unit testing easier?
>>
>
> I have setup couchdb to be used in unit tests and from the look of
> your question all you'd have to do is setup the base class that would
> have a setUp and that would create an instance to the CouchDB
> databases you have.
>
> abstract class TestBaseCouch extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
> {
>      protected $couch;
>
>      public function setUp()
>      {
>          $this->couch = new Couch();
>      }
>
>      public function tearDown()
>      {
>          unset($this->config);
>      }
> }
>
> class TestyouWantTestCase extends TestBaseCouch
> {
>      /**
>       * @expectedException Couch_Exception
>       */
>      public function testExceptionFromCouchClient()
>      {
>          $this->couch->doSomething();
>      }
> }
>
>
> Is that what you mean?
>