diff --git a/test/php/phpunit.xml b/test/php/phpunit.xml
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+<phpunit
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://schema.phpunit.de/4.5/phpunit.xsd"
+    backupGlobals="true"
+    backupStaticAttributes="false"
+    bootstrap="bootstrap.php"
+    cacheTokens="false"
+    colors="false"
+    convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
+    convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+    convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+    forceCoversAnnotation="false"
+    mapTestClassNameToCoveredClassName="false"
+    printerClass="PHPUnit_TextUI_ResultPrinter"
+    processIsolation="false"
+    stopOnError="false"
+    stopOnFailure="false"
+    stopOnIncomplete="false"
+    stopOnSkipped="false"
+    stopOnRisky="false"
+    testSuiteLoaderClass="PHPUnit_Runner_StandardTestSuiteLoader"
+    timeoutForSmallTests="1"
+    timeoutForMediumTests="10"
+    timeoutForLargeTests="60"
+    verbose="false">
+    <filter>
+        <whitelist>
+            <directory suffix=".php">../src/engine</directory>
+        </whitelist>
+    </filter>
+
+    </phpunit>