Playwright module for Codeception

🚀 This is the first and the only module that allows Playwright testing in PHP. Playwright allows testing in Chrome, Firefox, Webkit (safari). It is faster and more reliable alternative to Selenium WebDriver. Finally it is available in PHP!

This module does not implement Playwright API in PHP, rather proxies requests to Playwright helper of CodeceptJS. This is possible because Codeception and CodeceptJS share the same architecture principles, and the interface for web testing is quite the same.

[!Note] This module can be used as a replacement for WebDriver module. Comparing to WebDriver module, Playwright module can speed up your tests x3 times, run in headless mode, record videos, and stack traces out of the box

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• NodeJS 20+

Installation

[!Warning] This module is experimental. It is in early development stage. Please report any issues you find.

Install NodeJS part of this module, it will install Playwright and CodeceptJS

npm install codeception-module-playwright

Install Playwright browsers

npx playwright install --with-deps

Install PHP part of this module

composer require codeception/module-playwright --dev

Configuration

Enable module in codeception.yml:

modules:
    enabled:
        - Playwright:
            url: 'http://localhost'
            browser: 'chromium'
            show: true

Most common config values are:

• url - base url to open pages from
• browser - either chromium, firefox, webkit
• show - (default: true) to show browser or set to false to run tests in headless mode
• timeout - (default: 5000) timeout (in ms) for all Playwright operations
• pw_server - (default: 'http://localhost:8191') url of Playwright Server
• pw_debug - (default: false) print Playwright Server debug information
• video - save video on fail
• trace - save traces on fail

More configuration options are is listed on CodeceptJS Playwright page

[!Tip] This module is designed as drop-in WebDriver module replacement, you can change WebDriver to Playwright in your tests and try how it works!

Usage

Playwright module requires NodeJS server to be running. Start the server manually:

npx codeception-playwright-module

If you want to start server automatically, use RunProcess extension from Codeception

extensions:
    enabled:
        - Codeception\Extension\RunProcess:
            0: npx codeception-playwright-module
            sleep: 3 # wait 5 seconds for processes to boot

If you start server on different host or port, run port with --port option:

npx codeception-playwright-module --port 9999

And pass port to config

modules:
    enabled:
        - Playwright:
            url: 'http://localhost'
            browser: 'chromium'
            show: true
            pw_server: http://localhost:9999

API

This module provides the same API as WebDriver module. You can try to use it in your tests without any changes.

For the full command list see WebDriver module reference.

Playwright-specific commands are also available in CodeceptJS Playwright Helper

Example

$I->amOnPage('/');
$I->click('#first .clickable');
$I->dontSeeInTitle('Error');
$I->fillField('Username', 'John');
$I->fillField('Password', '1233456');
$I->see('Hello, world!');

License MIT