PHPUnit tests failing in Moodle 5.1

[dcmexy]

Description

When running the PHPUnit test suite on Moodle 5.1+ with PHP 8.4 and PHPUnit 11.5, multiple errors and one failure occur in the search_elastic engine tests.

This appears to be caused by PHPUnit 11 API removals and stricter named parameter handling in PHP 8.4.

Stack Trace

Moodle 5.1+ (Build: 20251127)
Php: 8.4.16, mysqli: 8.4.8, OS: Linux 6.8.0-101-generic x86_64
PHPUnit 11.5.12 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

Runtime:       PHP 8.4.16
Configuration: /var/www/moodle-upgrade/phpunit.xml

...EESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.....F..........SS...  63 / 155 ( 40%)
............................................................... 126 / 155 ( 81%)
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Time: 00:23.424, Memory: 107.00 MB

There were 5 errors:

1) search_elastic\document_test::test_export_file_for_engine
Error: Call to undefined method PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockBuilder::setMethods()

/var/www/moodle-upgrade/public/search/engine/elastic/tests/document_test.php:150

2) search_elastic\document_test::test_export_text_file_for_engine
Error: Call to undefined method PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockBuilder::setMethods()

/var/www/moodle-upgrade/public/search/engine/elastic/tests/document_test.php:200

3) search_elastic\server_ready_check_test::test_check with data set "not set" ('', 'na')
Error: Unknown named parameter $status

4) search_elastic\server_ready_check_test::test_check with data set "invalid hostname" ('invalid.com', 'error')
Error: Unknown named parameter $status

5) search_elastic\server_ready_check_test::test_check with data set "valid hostname" ('valid.com', 'ok')
Error: Unknown named parameter $status

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There was 1 failure:

1) search_elastic\esrequest_test::test_get_unreachable_host
Failed asserting that exception of type "GuzzleHttp\Exception\ConnectException" is thrown.

ERRORS!
Tests: 155, Assertions: 308, Errors: 5, Failures: 1, PHPUnit Deprecations: 17, Skipped: 39.