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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * @package thrift.test
+ */
+
+$GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'] = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../src';
+require_once $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'] . '/packages/ThriftTest/ThriftTest.php';
+
+class Fixtures
+{
+  public static $testArgs = array();
+
+  public static function populateTestArgs()
+  {
+    self::$testArgs['testString1'] = "Afrikaans, Alemannisch, Aragonés, العربية, مصرى, Asturianu, Aymar aru, Azərbaycan, Башҡорт, Boarisch, Žemaitėška, Беларуская, Беларуская (тарашкевіца), Български, Bamanankan, বাংলা, Brezhoneg, Bosanski, Català, Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄, Нохчийн, Cebuano, ᏣᎳᎩ, Česky, Словѣ́ньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ, Чӑвашла, Cymraeg, Dansk, Zazaki, ދިވެހިބަސް, Ελληνικά, Emiliàn e rumagnòl, English, Esperanto, Español, Eesti, Euskara, فارسی, Suomi, Võro, Føroyskt, Français, Arpetan, Furlan, Frysk, Gaeilge, 贛語, Gàidhlig, Galego, Avañe'ẽ, ગુજરાતી, Gaelg, עברית, हिन्दी, Fiji Hindi, Hrvatski, Kreyòl ayisyen, Magyar, Հայերեն, Interlingua, Bahasa Indonesia, Ilokano, Ido, Íslenska, Italiano, 日本語, Lojban, Basa Jawa, ქართული, Kongo, Kalaallisut, ಕನ್ನಡ, 한국어, Къарачай-Малкъар, Ripoarisch, Kurdî, Коми, Kernewek, Кыргызча, Latina, Ladino, Lëtzebuergesch, Limburgs, Lingála, ລາວ, Lietuvių, Latviešu, Basa Banyumasan, Malagasy, Македонски, മലയാളം, मराठी, Bahasa Melayu, مازِرونی, Nnapulitano, Nedersaksisch, नेपाल भाषा, Nederlands, ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬, ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬, Nouormand, Diné bizaad, Occitan, Иронау, Papiamentu, Deitsch, Norfuk / Pitkern, Polski, پنجابی, پښتو, Português, Runa Simi, Rumantsch, Romani, Română, Русский, Саха тыла, Sardu, Sicilianu, Scots, Sámegiella, Simple English, Slovenčina, Slovenščina, Српски / Srpski, Seeltersk, Svenska, Kiswahili, தமிழ், తెలుగు, Тоҷикӣ, ไทย, Türkmençe, Tagalog, Türkçe, Татарча/Tatarça, Українська, اردو, Tiếng Việt, Volapük, Walon, Winaray, 吴语, isiXhosa, ייִדיש, Yorùbá, Zeêuws, 中文, Bân-lâm-gú, 粵語";
+
+    self::$testArgs['testString2'] = 
+      "quote: \\\" backslash:" .
+      " forwardslash-escaped: \\/ " .
+      " backspace: \b formfeed: \f newline: \n return: \r tab: " .
+      " now-all-of-them-together: \"\\\/\b\n\r\t" .
+      " now-a-bunch-of-junk: !@#\$%&()(&%$#{}{}<><><";
+
+    self::$testArgs['testString3'] =
+      "string that ends in double-backslash \\\\";
+
+    self::$testArgs['testDouble'] = 3.1415926535898;
+
+    self::$testArgs['testByte'] = 0x01;
+
+    self::$testArgs['testI32'] = pow( 2, 30 );
+
+    if ( PHP_INT_SIZE == 8 )
+    {
+      self::$testArgs['testI64'] = pow( 2, 60 );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      self::$testArgs['testI64'] = "1152921504606847000";
+    }
+
+    self::$testArgs['testStruct'] =
+      new ThriftTest_Xtruct(
+                            array(
+                                  'string_thing' => 'worked',
+                                  'byte_thing' => 0x01,
+                                  'i32_thing' => pow( 2, 30 ),
+                                  'i64_thing' => self::$testArgs['testI64']
+                                  )
+                            );
+
+    self::$testArgs['testNestNested'] =
+      new ThriftTest_Xtruct(
+                            array(
+                                  'string_thing' => 'worked',
+                                  'byte_thing' => 0x01,
+                                  'i32_thing' => pow( 2, 30 ),
+                                  'i64_thing' => self::$testArgs['testI64']
+                                  )
+                            );
+
+    self::$testArgs['testNest'] =
+      new ThriftTest_Xtruct2(
+                             array(
+                                   'byte_thing' => 0x01,
+                                   'struct_thing' => self::$testArgs['testNestNested'],
+                                   'i32_thing' => pow( 2, 15 )
+                                   )
+                             );
+
+    self::$testArgs['testMap'] =
+      array(
+            7 => 77,
+            8 => 88,
+            9 => 99
+            );
+
+    self::$testArgs['testStringMap'] =
+      array(
+            "a" => "123",
+            "a b" => "with spaces ",
+            "same" => "same",
+            "0" => "numeric key",
+            "longValue" => self::$testArgs['testString1'],
+            self::$testArgs['testString1'] => "long key"
+            );
+
+    self::$testArgs['testSet'] = array( 1 => true, 5 => true, 6 => true );
+
+    self::$testArgs['testList'] = array( 1, 2, 3 );
+
+    self::$testArgs['testEnum'] = ThriftTest_Numberz::ONE;
+
+    self::$testArgs['testTypedef'] = 69;
+
+    self::$testArgs['testMapMapExpectedResult'] =
+      array(
+            4 => array(
+                       1 => 1,
+                       2 => 2,
+                       3 => 3,
+                       4 => 4,
+                       ),
+            -4 => array(
+                        -4 => -4,
+                        -3 => -3,
+                        -2 => -2,
+                        -1 => -1
+                        )
+            );
+
+    // testInsanity ... takes a few steps to set up!
+
+    $xtruct1 =
+      new ThriftTest_Xtruct(
+                            array(
+                                  'string_thing' => 'Goodbye4',
+                                  'byte_thing' => 4,
+                                  'i32_thing' => 4,
+                                  'i64_thing' => 4
+                                  )
+                            );
+
+    $xtruct2 =
+      new ThriftTest_Xtruct(
+                            array(
+                                  'string_thing' => 'Hello2',
+                                  'byte_thing' =>2,
+                                  'i32_thing' => 2,
+                                  'i64_thing' => 2
+                                  )
+                            );
+
+    $userMap =
+      array(
+            ThriftTest_Numberz::FIVE => 5,
+            ThriftTest_Numberz::EIGHT => 8
+            );
+
+    $insanity2 =
+      new ThriftTest_Insanity(
+                              array(
+                                    'userMap' => $userMap,
+                                    'xtructs' => array($xtruct1,$xtruct2)
+                                    )
+                              );
+
+    $insanity3 = $insanity2;
+
+    $insanity6 =
+      new ThriftTest_Insanity(
+                              array(
+                                    'userMap' => null,
+                                    'xtructs' => null
+                                    )
+                              );
+
+    self::$testArgs['testInsanityExpectedResult'] =
+      array(
+            "1" => array(
+                         ThriftTest_Numberz::TWO => $insanity2,
+                         ThriftTest_Numberz::THREE => $insanity3
+                         ),
+            "2" => array(
+                         ThriftTest_Numberz::SIX => $insanity6
+                         )
+            );
+
+  }
+}