content/news/2009-04-14-php-testfest.md

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   2 author: christel
   3 date: 2009-04-14 09:52:06+00:00
   4 slug: php-testfest
   5 title: PHP TestFest
   6 category: community
   7 imported: yes
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   9 Jonathan mentioned in his [blog post](http://blog.freenode.net/2009/04/free-as-in-node-episode-3-released/) about the free-as-in-node podcast yesterday that this weeks guest on "Pimp My Project" was there to talk about **PHP TestFest**.
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  12 > The TestFest is an event that aims at improving the [code
  13 > coverage](http://gcov.php.net/) of the [test
  14 > suite](http://qa.php.net/running-tests.php) for the PHP language itself. As
  15 > part of this event, local User Groups (UG) are invited to join the TestFest.
  16 > These UGs can meet physically or come together virtually. The point however
  17 > is that people network to learn together. Aside from being an opportunity for
  18 > all of you to make friends with like minded people in your (virtual)
  19 > community, it also will hopefully reduce the work load for the PHP.net
  20 > mentors. All it takes is someone to organize a UG to spearhead the event and
  21 > to get others involved in [writing phpt
  22 > tests](http://qa.php.net/write-test.php). The submissions will then be
  23 > reviewed by members of php.net before getting included in the official test
  24 > suite.
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  27 As per [http://qa.php.net/testfest.php](http://qa.php.net/testfest.php) Head over there if you want some more information on how to get involved!