laxit/clover-to-lcov

Converts your Phpunit's Clover xml report to CI friendly LCOV report

dev-main 2025-12-12 13:51 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.1
• ext-simplexml: *

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^10.0

MIT

• laxit-patel

• phpunit
• ci
• coverage
• code-coverage
• lcov
• clover

README

💚 Verdant Cloverstone

Clover to LCOV Converter — transforms PHPUnit's Clover XML coverage reports into the universal LCOV format.

The Verdant Cloverstone converts raw, scattered data into a polished, unified report, embodying the precise transformation of Clover XML into the LCOV standard.

Why?

PHPUnit generates Clover XML coverage reports, but many CI tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Codecov, Coveralls) prefer LCOV format. This package bridges that gap.

clover.xml  →  💚  →  coverage.lcov

Installation

composer require laxit/clover-to-lcov

Usage

CLI

# Output to stdout
./vendor/bin/clover-to-lcov coverage/clover.xml

# Output to file
./vendor/bin/clover-to-lcov coverage/clover.xml -o coverage.lcov

Programmatic

use Laxit\CloverToLcov\Converter;

$converter = new Converter();

// Convert and get LCOV string
$lcov = $converter->convert('coverage/clover.xml');

// Convert and save to file
$converter->convertAndSave('coverage/clover.xml', 'coverage.lcov');

// Convert from XML string directly
$lcov = $converter->convertFromString($cloverXmlContent);

CI Integration

GitHub Actions

- name: Run tests with coverage
  run: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover coverage/clover.xml

- name: Convert to LCOV
  run: vendor/bin/clover-to-lcov coverage/clover.xml -o coverage/lcov.info

- name: Upload coverage to Codecov
  uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
  with:
    files: coverage/lcov.info

GitLab CI

test:
  script:
    - vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover coverage/clover.xml
    - vendor/bin/clover-to-lcov coverage/clover.xml -o coverage/lcov.info
  artifacts:
    reports:
      coverage_report:
        coverage_format: cobertura
        path: coverage/lcov.info

LCOV Output Format

The generated LCOV file follows the standard format:

TN:
SF:/path/to/File.php
FNDA:5,methodName
FNF:1
FNH:1
DA:10,1
DA:11,5
DA:12,0
LF:3
LH:2
end_of_record

Tag	Description
TN	Test name
SF	Source file path
FNDA	Function hit count
FNF	Functions found
FNH	Functions hit
DA	Line hit data
LF	Lines found
LH	Lines hit

Requirements

• PHP ^8.1
• ext-simplexml

License

MIT

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