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  • validate parsing of the database configuration file in Database::set_db and throw descriptive exceptions when it is missing or incomplete
  • add PHPUnit coverage that simulates absent and incomplete configuration files to exercise the new error handling

Testing

  • ./vendor/bin/phpunit tests --testdox --colors=always -c phpunit.xml (fails: binary not present because dev dependencies are unavailable in the environment)
  • composer install (fails: curl error 56 while downloading https://repo.packagist.org/packages.json, CONNECT tunnel failed with response 403)

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Summary of Changes

Hello @MrIbrahem, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request significantly improves the reliability of database connection setup by introducing explicit validation for the db.ini configuration file. It ensures that the application gracefully handles cases where the configuration is absent or malformed, providing clearer error messages and preventing unexpected failures. The changes are accompanied by new unit tests to guarantee the robustness of these error handling improvements.

Highlights

  • Enhanced Database Configuration Validation: The Database::set_db method now includes robust validation for the db.ini configuration file, ensuring it can be read and parsed correctly.
  • Descriptive Error Handling: New RuntimeException exceptions are thrown with clear messages when the database configuration file is missing, unreadable, or lacks required entries like 'user' or 'password'.
  • Comprehensive Unit Testing: Dedicated PHPUnit tests have been added to simulate scenarios with missing or incomplete database configuration files, verifying the new error handling mechanisms.
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Code Review

This pull request effectively adds necessary validation for the database configuration file, with corresponding unit tests to ensure the error handling works as expected. The changes improve the robustness of the database connection logic. My review includes a few suggestions to further enhance the code, mainly around error handling specificity in mdwiki_sql.php and improvements to the new test cases for clarity, robustness, and coverage.

Comment on lines +50 to +53
$ts_mycnf = @parse_ini_file($config_path);
if ($ts_mycnf === false) {
throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Database configuration file "%s" could not be read or parsed.', $config_path));
}

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Using the error suppression operator (@) can hide issues and makes debugging harder. It's better to explicitly check for the file's readability first. This allows for more specific error messages about whether the file is unreadable versus being unparsable.

        if (!is_readable($config_path)) {
            throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Database configuration file "%s" could not be read.', $config_path));
        }
        $ts_mycnf = parse_ini_file($config_path);
        if ($ts_mycnf === false) {
            throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Database configuration file "%s" could not be parsed due to syntax errors.', $config_path));
        }

Comment on lines +12 to +13
final class DatabaseConfigTest extends TestCase
{

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Great job on adding tests for the new error handling! To make the test suite even more comprehensive, consider adding a few more test cases:

  • A test for when the user key is missing from the config file.
  • A test for when a required key (like user or password) exists but its value is an empty string.

Here is an example for a missing user, which also incorporates the suggestion to move cleanup to tearDown():

public function testSetDbThrowsExceptionWhenUserMissing(): void
{
    $this->tempHome = sys_get_temp_dir() . '/dbconfig_test_incomplete_' . uniqid();
    $this->createTempHome($this->tempHome, ['password' => 'secret']); // No 'user' key

    $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
    $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches('/missing required "user" entry/');

    new Database('tools');
}

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try {
new Database('localhost');
} finally {
$this->cleanupTempHome($tempHome);
}

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The try...finally block for cleanup can be simplified by moving the cleanup logic into the tearDown() method. PHPUnit automatically calls tearDown() after each test, ensuring cleanup happens even if assertions fail. This makes the test methods cleaner and more focused on the test logic itself. You can add a property to the class to hold the temporary path to be cleaned up.

Example:

class DatabaseConfigTest extends TestCase
{
    // ...
    private ?string $tempHome = null;

    protected function tearDown(): void
    {
        // ... restore HOME env
        if ($this->tempHome !== null) {
            $this->cleanupTempHome($this->tempHome);
            $this->tempHome = null;
        }
    }

    public function testSetDbThrowsExceptionWhenConfigMissing(): void
    {
        $this->tempHome = sys_get_temp_dir() . '/dbconfig_test_missing_' . uniqid();
        $this->createTempHome($this->tempHome);

        $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
        $this->expectExceptionMessage('could not be read or parsed');

        new Database('localhost');
    }
    // ...
}

$this->createTempHome($tempHome, ['user' => 'exampleuser']);

$this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
$this->expectExceptionMessage('password');

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The assertion for the exception message is very broad. A more specific assertion makes the test more robust and less likely to pass for the wrong reasons. You can use expectExceptionMessageMatches for a regex-based match to check for the key parts of the message.

        $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches('/missing required "password" entry/');

{
$configDir = $path . '/confs';
if (!is_dir($configDir)) {
mkdir($configDir, 0777, true);

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The file permission 0777 is overly permissive. Even for temporary directories, it's a good practice to use the most restrictive permissions possible to follow the principle of least privilege. 0700 would be more appropriate here, as it grants access only to the owner.

            mkdir($configDir, 0700, true);

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foreach ($items as $item) {
if ($item->isDir()) {
@rmdir($item->getPathname());
} else {
@unlink($item->getPathname());
}
}

@rmdir($path);

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Using the error suppression operator (@) should be avoided as it can hide underlying problems. If cleanup fails, it might indicate an issue (like a file lock) that could affect other tests. It's better to let exceptions be thrown during cleanup. If a test fails due to a cleanup issue, it's a signal that something is wrong.

        foreach ($items as $item) {
            if ($item->isDir()) {
                rmdir($item->getPathname());
            } else {
                unlink($item->getPathname());
            }
        }

        rmdir($path);

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