! Added more compatibility for 1.6+ CE and PHPUnit 3.6+

app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Controller/Front.php

@@ -22,19 +22,6 @@
  */
 class EcomDev_PHPUnit_Controller_Front extends Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front
 {
-    /**
-     * Overriden for getting rid of unusual behavior in the test case,
-     * because test should be isolated
-     *
-     * (non-PHPdoc)
-     * @see Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front::_checkBaseUrl()
-     */
-
-    protected function _checkBaseUrl()
-    {
-        // Does nothing
-    }
-
     /**
      * Overriden for getting rid
      * of initialization of routers for each test case

app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Controller/Request/Http.php

@@ -337,8 +337,12 @@ class EcomDev_PHPUnit_Controller_Request_Http
     public function getHttpHost($trimPort = false)
     {
         $baseUrl = $this->getBaseUrl();
-
         $parts = parse_url($baseUrl);
+
+        if (!isset($parts['host'])) {
+            new RuntimeException('Cannot run controller test, because the host is not set for base url.');
+        }
+
         $httpHost = $parts['host'];
         if (!$trimPort && isset($parts['port'])) {
             $httpHost .= ':' . $parts['port'];

app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Model/App.php

@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class EcomDev_PHPUnit_Model_App extends Mage_Core_Model_App
             }
         }
 
+        Mage::setIsDeveloperMode(true);
         $this->_config = Mage::getConfig();
         $this->_initBaseConfig();
         $this->_initCache();

app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Model/Layout.php

@@ -278,12 +278,14 @@ class EcomDev_PHPUnit_Model_Layout
 
     /**
      * Records action call
+     * 
      * (non-PHPdoc)
      * @see Mage_Core_Model_Layout::_generateAction()
      */
     protected function _generateAction($node, $parent)
     {
-        $this->_collectedArgs = null;
+        $this->_collectedArgs = $this->_collectActionArguments($node);
+        $this->_translateLayoutNode($node, $this->_collectedArgs);
         parent::_generateAction($node, $parent);
         if ($this->_collectedArgs !== null) {
             $method = (string)$node['method'];
@@ -299,17 +301,51 @@ class EcomDev_PHPUnit_Model_Layout
         return $this;
     }
 
+
+
     /**
-     * Collects arguments if was not collected before
-     * (non-PHPdoc)
-     * @see Mage_Core_Model_Layout::_translateLayoutNode()
+     * Collects action arguments
+     *
+     * @param Varien_SimpleXml_Element $node
+     * @return array
      */
-    protected function _translateLayoutNode($node, $args)
+    protected function _collectActionArguments($node)
     {
-        parent::_translateLayoutNode($node, $args);
-        if ($this->_collectedArgs === null) {
-            $this->_collectedArgs = $args;
+        $args = (array)$node->children();
+        unset($args['@attributes']);
+
+        foreach ($args as $key => $arg) {
+            if (($arg instanceof Mage_Core_Model_Layout_Element)) {
+                if (isset($arg['helper'])) {
+                    $helperName = explode('/', (string)$arg['helper']);
+                    $helperMethod = array_pop($helperName);
+                    $helperName = implode('/', $helperName);
+                    $arg = $arg->asArray();
+                    unset($arg['@']);
+                    $args[$key] = call_user_func_array(array(Mage::helper($helperName), $helperMethod), $arg);
+                } else {
+                    /**
+                     * if there is no helper we hope that this is assoc array
+                     */
+                    $arr = array();
+                    foreach($arg as $subkey => $value) {
+                        $arr[(string)$subkey] = $value->asArray();
+                    }
+                    if (!empty($arr)) {
+                        $args[$key] = $arr;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
+
+        if (isset($node['json'])) {
+            $json = explode(' ', (string)$node['json']);
+            foreach ($json as $arg) {
+                $args[$arg] = Mage::helper('core')->jsonDecode($args[$arg]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $args;
     }
 
     /**

app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Test/Case.php

@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ abstract class EcomDev_PHPUnit_Test_Case extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             );
         }
 
-
-        if ($type == 'helper' && strpos($classAlias, '/') === false) {
+        // Remove addition of /data suffix if version is more than 1.6.x
+        if (version_compare(Mage::getVersion(), '1.6.0.0', '<') && $type == 'helper' && strpos($classAlias, '/') === false) {
             $classAlias .= '/data';
         }
 

app/etc/local.xml.phpunit

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
             </secure>
             <unsecure>
                 <base_url>[change me]</base_url>
-            </unsecure> 
+            </unsecure>
+            <url>
+                <redirect_to_base>0</redirect_to_base>
+            </url>
         </web>
     </default>
 </config>