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What both publish
| Fact | Kotest | PHPUnit |
|---|---|---|
| Assertions | Kotest provides over 350 matchers, plus collection inspectors, soft assertions and utilities for non-deterministic code. | The manual documents assertions for values, exceptions, side effects, output, files, JSON, and XML. |
| Audience | Kotest is intended for Kotlin projects that need testing on JVM and Kotlin Multiplatform targets. | The getting-started guide teaches writing simple unit tests and running them for PHP code. |
| Test execution | Its DSL supports parameterized and data driven tests, conditional evaluation, lifecycle callbacks and parallelism. | PHPUnit provides a command-line test runner for running tests and selecting test suites. |
Kotest plans
- KotestFree
PHPUnit plans
- PHPUnitFree
Pick Kotest if…
Kotest suits Kotlin projects that need tests across JVM or Kotlin Multiplatform targets. Teams can use its assertions library independently or with another test framework.
Pick PHPUnit if…
PHP developers looking for a framework to write and run tests may find PHPUnit suitable. Its assertions, test doubles and coverage reports support a range of testing needs.