gistfile1.php

<?php

class DummyTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * @group example
     * @dataProvider provider
     */
    public function testFoo($a)
    {
        $this->assertEquals($a, $a);
    }
    
    public function provider()
    {
        echo "I am executed!!\n";
        return array(
            array('foo'),
            array('baz'),
            array('bar'),
        );
    }
}

?>

phpunit --exclude-group example DummyTest.php

I am executed!!
PHPUnit 3.7.14 by Sebastian Bergmann.



Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 3.75Mb

No tests executed!

<?php
/**
 * @group DummyTest
 */
class DummyTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase { }

Now when you run phpunit --exclude-group DummyTest it will skip it

See http://www.phpunit.de/manual/current/en/textui.html#textui.clioptions for usage of CLI switches