BaseTest.php

<?php

abstract class BaseTest extends PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase {

  protected $autoStop = FALSE;

  protected function setUp() {
    $this->setBrowserUrl('http://www.example.com');
  }
  /** 
   * common commands required at the start of each test. These cannot be run in the setup 
   * as they require the browser to be opened 
   */
  protected function init() {
    $this->clearAllCookies();
    $this->openHomePage();
  }
  /**
   * Clears all cookies
   */
  private function clearAllCookies() {
    $cookies = explode(';', $this->getCookie());
    foreach ($cookies as $cookie) {
      $cookie_parts = explode('=', $cookie);
      $this->deleteCookie($cookie_parts[0], '/');
    }
  }
  /**
   * Open the homepage and verifies we are in fact on the home page
   */
  private function openHomePage() {
    $this->open("/");
    $this->waitForPageToLoad("30000");
    $this->assertEquals("Home", $this->getText("xpath=//h1[@id='page-title']"));
  }
}