ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function whatever, 0 passed, even with data provider (PHPUnit 12)

Question

I'm trying to use PHPUnit 12 dataProviders to provide data to a function to test but I can't get it working.

Here's my unit test (that lives at tests/TestTest.php):

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;

final class TestTest extends TestCase
{
    public static function dataProvider(): array
    {
        return [['a'], ['b']];
    }

    #[DataProvider("dataProvider")]
    public function testTest($var): void
    {
        $this->assertTrue(true);
    }
}

When I run ./vendor/bin/phpunit tests I get this:

PHPUnit 12.0.0 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

Runtime:       PHP 8.3.14

E                                                                   1 / 1 (100%)

Time: 00:00.019, Memory: 8.00 MB

There was 1 error:

1) TestTest::testTest
ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function TestTest::testTest(), 0 passed in C:\path\to\vendor\phpunit\phpunit\src\Framework\TestCase.php on line 1104 and exactly 1 expected

C:\path\to\tests\TestTest.php:12

ERRORS!
Tests: 1, Assertions: 0, Errors: 1.

Any ideas?

hakre · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-25 12:02:52Z

Two things good to know:

PhpUnit 10 started to support PHP 8 Attributes. PHPUnit 11 deprecated the older @annotations. PHPUnit 12 removed the @annotations.
PHP Attributes must not be implemented. Then they can't be instantiated. So using a non-existent class-name in an #[ATTRIBUTE-NAME] will simply be unnoticed.

As you are attributing by DataProvider("dataProvider") to provoke the diagnostics

1) TestTest::testTest
ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function TestTest::testTest()\
, 0 passed in C:\path\to\vendor\phpunit\phpunit\src\Framework\TestCase.php on line 1104\
 and exactly 1 expected

it shows that the attribute has no effect. It is a simple typo, the correct classname of the previous @dataProvider annotation is PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider.

standard class name resolution rules apply, either fully qualify

#[\PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider(...)])
public function testMethod(...$arg)
{
    ...
}

or alias, in your case

use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;

at the beginning of the (sometimes implicit) namespace segment suffices.

Abdulla Nilam · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-24 06:27:47Z

1

In PHPUnit 10+, you need to either:

Import the attribute class or
Use the fully qualified name (old @dataProvider docblock).

Import this

use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;

Or Old way

public static function dataProvider(): array
{
    return [
        ['a'],
        ['b'],
    ];
}

/**
 * @dataProvider dataProvider
 */
public function testTest($var): void
{
    $this->assertTrue(true);
}

answered Apr 24 at 6:27

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3 Comments

neubert Apr 24 at 7:04

@dataProvider dataProvider didn't work for me - at least not on PHPUnit 12 - but use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider did. Thanks!

Abdulla Nilam Apr 28 at 10:16

@neubert what's wrong with the answer that led to accepting the answer posted after this?

neubert Apr 28 at 18:54

The other answer said "PhpUnit 10 started to support PHP 8 Attributes. PHPUnit 11 deprecated the older @annotations. PHPUnit 12 removed the @annotations" whereas your answer implies that @dataProvider dataProvider should work even tho my own testing shows that it doesn't. I mean, sure, you did say "in PHPUnit 10+" but my question was about PHPUnit 12 - not PHPUnit 10+. I mean, it was a good answer and it did solve my problem but the other answer didn't lead me down a tiny rabbit hole whereas yours did.

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