phpcov is a command-line frontend for the PHP_CodeCoverage library.
phpcov should be installed using the PEAR Installer, the backbone of the PHP Extension and Application Repository that provides a distribution system for PHP packages.
Depending on your OS distribution and/or your PHP environment, you may need to install PEAR or update your existing PEAR installation before you can proceed with the following instructions. sudo pear upgrade PEAR usually suffices to upgrade an existing PEAR installation. The PEAR Manual explains how to perform a fresh installation of PEAR.
The following two commands are all that is required to install phpcov using the PEAR Installer:
pear config-set auto_discover 1
pear install pear.phpunit.de/phpcov
sb@vmware examples % cat add.php
<?php
$a = 1;
$b = 2;
print $a + $b;
sb@vmware examples % phpcov --clover clover.xml add.php
phpcov 1.0.0 by Sebastian Bergmann.
3
sb@vmware examples % cat clover.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<coverage generated="1270365900">
<project timestamp="1270365900">
<file name="/usr/local/src/bytekit-cli/examples/add.php">
<line num="2" type="stmt" count="1"/>
<line num="3" type="stmt" count="1"/>
<line num="4" type="stmt" count="1"/>
<line num="5" type="stmt" count="1"/>
<metrics loc="4" ncloc="4" classes="0" methods="0"
coveredmethods="0" conditionals="0"
coveredconditionals="0" statements="4"
coveredstatements="4" elements="4"
coveredelements="4"/>
</file>
<metrics files="1" loc="4" ncloc="4" classes="0" methods="0"
coveredmethods="0" conditionals="0"
coveredconditionals="0" statements="4"
coveredstatements="4" elements="4"
coveredelements="4"/>
</project>
</coverage>