PHP/WP and Cypress - Start web server

[KevinBatdorf]

I'm new to this so please go easy on me! Not sure where my bottleneck is so thought I'd try asking here first.

Basically, I want to create a workflow for browser testing a WP Plugin. The GH repo would be the plugin itself.

I'm trying to:

1. Install WP
2. Move the repo to a sub directory
3. Install cypress
4. Run Cypress

The last step is failing as Cypress is getting a 404.

I'm thinking I need to start a PHP server? Do I need to use nginx service maybe?

I'm not sure so if anyone has a tip I'm all ears. I'll try anything.

Here's where I am now: https://github.com/KevinBatdorf/gh-action-wp/runs/1521814526?check_suite_focus=true

[shivammathur]

Hi @KevinBatdorf,
Here are some changes you should do in your workflow

1. Yes, you need to start the PHP server before running Cypress.

name: Run PHP server
run: nohup php -S localhost:8080 > php.log 2>&1 &

2. Specify CYPRESS_baseUrl instead of CYPRESS_port in cypress-io/github-action step.

- uses: cypress-io/github-action@v2
  with:
    install: false
  env:
    CYPRESS_baseUrl: http://localhost:8080/index.php

3. Setup PHP supports installing wp-cli, so you can specify it in tools input and remove Download WP-CLI and Install WP-CLI steps.

- name: Setup PHP
  uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
  with:
    php-version: '${{ matrix.php }}'
    extensions: mysql, zip
    coverage: none
    tools: composer, wp-cli

diff - shivammathur/test-setup-php@6898e9c
Test workflow - https://github.com/shivammathur/test-setup-php/actions/runs/409987703/workflow

[KevinBatdorf]

Ah, wonderful! Amazing. I was about to give up and just deploy the plugin files to to Digital Ocean and run it there. You're a lifesaver.