PHPUnit 4.8 && PHP 5.3.29

cli.sh

php53 /path/to/phpunit --configuration phpunit-config.xml --log-junit reports/phpunit.xml --verbose --process-isolation --no-globals-backup

phpunit-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://schema.phpunit.de/4.8/phpunit.xsd"
         bootstrap="/path/to/tests/bootstrap.php"
         convertErrorsToExceptions="false"
         convertNoticesToExceptions="false"
         convertWarningsToExceptions="false">
    <testsuites>
        <testsuite name="Main Suite">
            <directory>/pat/to/tests</directory>
        </testsuite>
    </testsuites>
</phpunit>

test-output.log

1) /path/to/tests/UnitTest::testSomething
mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead

/path/to/src/database.php:124