diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3fffc6936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+language: php
+php: 5.6
+install: composer install
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a275ad3fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<phpunit bootstrap="boot.php">
+    <testsuites>
+        <testsuite>
+            <directory>tests/</directory>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/tests/BaseObjectTest.php b/tests/BaseObjectTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73eb4720ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/BaseObjectTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * BaseObjectTest class.
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Test;
+
+use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\BaseObject;
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the BaseObject class.
+ */
+class BaseObjectTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * Create variables used in tests.
+	 */
+	protected function setUp()
+	{
+		$this->baseObject = new BaseObject();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the getApp() function.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testGetApp()
+	{
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(App::class, $this->baseObject->getApp());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the setApp() function.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testSetApp()
+	{
+		$app = new App(__DIR__.'/../');
+		$this->assertNull($this->baseObject->setApp($app));
+		$this->assertEquals($app, $this->baseObject->getApp());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/TextTest.php b/tests/TextTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a15b97665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TextTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * TextTest class.
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Test;
+
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for text functions.
+ */
+class TextTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+	/**
+	 *autonames should be random, even length
+	 */
+	public function testAutonameEven()
+	{
+		$autoname1=autoname(10);
+		$autoname2=autoname(10);
+
+		$this->assertNotEquals($autoname1, $autoname2);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *autonames should be random, odd length
+	 */
+	public function testAutonameOdd()
+	{
+		$autoname1=autoname(9);
+		$autoname2=autoname(9);
+
+		$this->assertNotEquals($autoname1, $autoname2);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * try to fail autonames
+	 */
+	public function testAutonameNoLength()
+	{
+		$autoname1=autoname(0);
+		$this->assertEquals(0, strlen($autoname1));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * try to fail it with invalid input
+	 *
+	 * @todo What's corect behaviour here? An exception?
+	 */
+	public function testAutonameNegativeLength()
+	{
+		$autoname1=autoname(-23);
+		$this->assertEquals(0, strlen($autoname1));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test with a length, that may be too short
+	 */
+	public function testAutonameLength1()
+	{
+		$autoname1=autoname(1);
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($autoname1));
+
+		$autoname2=autoname(1);
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($autoname2));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test attribute contains
+	 */
+	public function testAttributeContains1()
+	{
+		$testAttr="class1 notclass2 class3";
+		$this->assertTrue(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class3"));
+		$this->assertFalse(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class2"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test attribute contains
+	 */
+	public function testAttributeContains2()
+	{
+		$testAttr="class1 not-class2 class3";
+		$this->assertTrue(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class3"));
+		$this->assertFalse(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class2"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test with empty input
+	 */
+	public function testAttributeContainsEmpty()
+	{
+		$testAttr="";
+		$this->assertFalse(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class2"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test input with special chars
+	 */
+	public function testAttributeContainsSpecialChars()
+	{
+		$testAttr="--... %\$ä() /(=?}";
+		$this->assertFalse(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class2"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test expand_acl, perfect input
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclNormal()
+	{
+		$text='<1><2><3>';
+		$this->assertEquals(array(1, 2, 3), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test with a big number
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclBigNumber()
+	{
+		$text='<1><'.PHP_INT_MAX.'><15>';
+		$this->assertEquals(array(1, PHP_INT_MAX, 15), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test with a string in it.
+	 *
+	 * @todo is this valid input? Otherwise: should there be an exception?
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclString()
+	{
+		$text="<1><279012><tt>";
+		$this->assertEquals(array(1, 279012), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test with a ' ' in it.
+	 *
+	 * @todo is this valid input? Otherwise: should there be an exception?
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclSpace()
+	{
+		$text="<1><279 012><32>";
+		$this->assertEquals(array(1, "279", "32"), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test empty input
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclEmpty()
+	{
+		$text="";
+		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test invalid input, no < at all
+	 *
+	 * @todo should there be an exception?
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclNoBrackets()
+	{
+		$text="According to documentation, that's invalid. "; //should be invalid
+		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test invalid input, just open <
+	 *
+	 * @todo should there be an exception?
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclJustOneBracket1()
+	{
+		$text="<Another invalid string"; //should be invalid
+		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test invalid input, just close >
+	 *
+	 * @todo should there be an exception?
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclJustOneBracket2()
+	{
+		$text="Another invalid> string"; //should be invalid
+		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test invalid input, just close >
+	 *
+	 * @todo should there be an exception?
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclCloseOnly()
+	{
+		$text="Another> invalid> string>"; //should be invalid
+		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test invalid input, just open <
+	 *
+	 * @todo should there be an exception?
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclOpenOnly()
+	{
+		$text="<Another< invalid string<"; //should be invalid
+		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test invalid input, open and close do not match
+	 *
+	 * @todo should there be an exception?
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclNoMatching1()
+	{
+		$text="<Another<> invalid <string>"; //should be invalid
+		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test invalid input, empty <>
+	 *
+	 * @todo should there be an exception? Or array(1, 3)
+	 * (This should be array(1,3) - mike)
+	 */
+	public function testExpandAclEmptyMatch()
+	{
+		$text="<1><><3>";
+		$this->assertEquals(array(1,3), expand_acl($text));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test, that tags are escaped
+	 */
+	public function testEscapeTags()
+	{
+		$invalidstring='<submit type="button" onclick="alert(\'failed!\');" />';
+
+		$validstring=notags($invalidstring);
+		$escapedString=escape_tags($invalidstring);
+
+		$this->assertEquals('[submit type="button" onclick="alert(\'failed!\');" /]', $validstring);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			"&lt;submit type=&quot;button&quot; onclick=&quot;alert('failed!');&quot; /&gt;",
+			$escapedString
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *xmlify and unxmlify
+	 */
+	public function testXmlify()
+	{
+		$text="<tag>I want to break\n this!11!<?hard?></tag>";
+		$xml=xmlify($text);
+		$retext=unxmlify($text);
+
+		$this->assertEquals($text, $retext);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * xmlify and put in a document
+	 */
+	public function testXmlifyDocument()
+	{
+		$tag="<tag>I want to break</tag>";
+		$xml=xmlify($tag);
+		$text='<text>'.$xml.'</text>';
+
+		$xml_parser=xml_parser_create();
+		//should be possible to parse it
+		$values=array();
+		$index=array();
+		$this->assertEquals(1, xml_parse_into_struct($xml_parser, $text, $values, $index));
+
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			array('TEXT'=>array(0)),
+			$index
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			array(array('tag'=>'TEXT', 'type'=>'complete', 'level'=>1, 'value'=>$tag)),
+			$values
+		);
+
+		xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test hex2bin and reverse
+	 */
+	public function testHex2Bin()
+	{
+		$this->assertEquals(-3, hex2bin(bin2hex(-3)));
+		$this->assertEquals(0, hex2bin(bin2hex(0)));
+		$this->assertEquals(12, hex2bin(bin2hex(12)));
+		$this->assertEquals(PHP_INT_MAX, hex2bin(bin2hex(PHP_INT_MAX)));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/autoname_test.php b/tests/autoname_test.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 03a7ebfe96..0000000000
--- a/tests/autoname_test.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * this file contains tests for the autoname function
- * 
- * @package test.util
- */
-
-/** required, it is the file under test */
-require_once('include/text.php');
-
-/**
- * TestCase for the autoname function
- * 
- * @author Alexander Kampmann
- * @package test.util
- */
-class AutonameTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
-	/**
-	 *autonames should be random, even length
-	 */
-	public function testAutonameEven() {
-		$autoname1=autoname(10);
-		$autoname2=autoname(10);
-	
-		$this->assertNotEquals($autoname1, $autoname2);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 *autonames should be random, odd length
-	 */
-	public function testAutonameOdd() {
-		$autoname1=autoname(9);
-		$autoname2=autoname(9);
-	
-		$this->assertNotEquals($autoname1, $autoname2);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * try to fail autonames
-	 */
-	public function testAutonameNoLength() {
-		$autoname1=autoname(0);
-		$this->assertEquals(0, strlen($autoname1));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * try to fail it with invalid input
-	 * 
-	 * TODO: What's corect behaviour here? An exception?
-	 */
-	public function testAutonameNegativeLength() {
-		$autoname1=autoname(-23);
-		$this->assertEquals(0, strlen($autoname1));
-	}
-	
-	// 	public function testAutonameMaxLength() {
-	// 		$autoname2=autoname(PHP_INT_MAX);
-	// 		$this->assertEquals(PHP_INT_MAX, count($autoname2));
-	// 	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test with a length, that may be too short
-	 */
-	public function testAutonameLength1() {
-		$autoname1=autoname(1);
-		$this->assertEquals(1, count($autoname1));
-		
-		$autoname2=autoname(1);
-		$this->assertEquals(1, count($autoname2));
-
-		// The following test is problematic, with only 26 possibilities
-		// generating the same thing twice happens often aka
-		// birthday paradox
-//		$this->assertFalse($autoname1==$autoname2); 
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/contains_attribute_test.php b/tests/contains_attribute_test.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b0bb06acfa..0000000000
--- a/tests/contains_attribute_test.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * this test tests the contains_attribute function
- *
- * @package test.util
- */
-
-/** required, it is the file under test */
-require_once('include/text.php');
-
-/**
- * TestCase for the contains_attribute function
- *
- * @author Alexander Kampmann
- * @package test.util
- */
-class ContainsAttributeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
-	/**
-	 * test attribute contains
-	 */
-	public function testAttributeContains1() {
-		$testAttr="class1 notclass2 class3";
-		$this->assertTrue(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class3"));
-		$this->assertFalse(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class2"));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test attribute contains
-	 */
-	public function testAttributeContains2() {
-		$testAttr="class1 not-class2 class3";
-		$this->assertTrue(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class3"));
-		$this->assertFalse(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class2"));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test with empty input
-	 */
-	public function testAttributeContainsEmpty() {
-		$testAttr="";
-		$this->assertFalse(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class2"));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test input with special chars
-	 */
-	public function testAttributeContainsSpecialChars() {
-		$testAttr="--... %\$ä() /(=?}";
-		$this->assertFalse(attribute_contains($testAttr, "class2"));
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/expand_acl_test.php b/tests/expand_acl_test.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 154bc921db..0000000000
--- a/tests/expand_acl_test.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * this test tests the expand_acl function
- *
- * @package test.util
- */
-
-/** required, it is the file under test */
-require_once('include/text.php');
-
-/**
- * TestCase for the expand_acl function
- *
- * @author Alexander Kampmann
- * @package test.util
- */
-class ExpandAclTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
-	
-	/**
-	 * test expand_acl, perfect input
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclNormal() {
-		$text='<1><2><3>';
-		$this->assertEquals(array(1, 2, 3), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test with a big number
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclBigNumber() {
-		$text='<1><'.PHP_INT_MAX.'><15>';
-		$this->assertEquals(array(1, PHP_INT_MAX, 15), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test with a string in it. 
-	 * 
-	 * TODO: is this valid input? Otherwise: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclString() {
-		$text="<1><279012><tt>"; 
-		$this->assertEquals(array(1, 279012), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test with a ' ' in it. 
-	 * 
-	 * TODO: is this valid input? Otherwise: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclSpace() {
-		$text="<1><279 012><32>"; 
-		$this->assertEquals(array(1, "279", "32"), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test empty input
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclEmpty() {
-		$text=""; 
-		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test invalid input, no < at all
-	 * 
-	 * TODO: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclNoBrackets() {
-		$text="According to documentation, that's invalid. "; //should be invalid
-		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test invalid input, just open <
-	 *
-	 * TODO: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclJustOneBracket1() {
-		$text="<Another invalid string"; //should be invalid
-		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test invalid input, just close >
-	 *
-	 * TODO: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclJustOneBracket2() {
-		$text="Another invalid> string"; //should be invalid
-		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test invalid input, just close >
-	 *
-	 * TODO: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclCloseOnly() {
-		$text="Another> invalid> string>"; //should be invalid
-		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test invalid input, just open <
-	 *
-	 * TODO: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclOpenOnly() {
-		$text="<Another< invalid string<"; //should be invalid
-		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test invalid input, open and close do not match
-	 *
-	 * TODO: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclNoMatching1() {
-		$text="<Another<> invalid <string>"; //should be invalid
-		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test invalid input, open and close do not match
-	 *
-	 * TODO: should there be an exception?
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclNoMatching2() {
-		$text="<1>2><3>";
-// The angles are delimiters which aren't important
-// the important thing is the numeric content, this returns array(1,2,3) currently
-// we may wish to eliminate 2 from the results, though it isn't harmful
-// It would be a better test to figure out if there is any ACL input which can
-// produce this $text and fix that instead.
-//		$this->assertEquals(array(), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test invalid input, empty <>
-	 *
-	 * TODO: should there be an exception? Or array(1, 3)
-	 * (This should be array(1,3) - mike)
-	 */
-	public function testExpandAclEmptyMatch() {
-		$text="<1><><3>";
-		$this->assertEquals(array(1,3), expand_acl($text));
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/get_tags_test.php b/tests/get_tags_test.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 79dcb36a7f..0000000000
--- a/tests/get_tags_test.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,326 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * This file contains the tests for get_tags and the tag handling in item.php
- * 
- * @package test.util
- */
-
-/**
- * required, because it contains the get_tags() function
- */
-require_once 'include/text.php';
-/**
- * required, because it contains the tag handling
- */
-require_once 'mod/item.php';
-
-/**
- * A class which can be used as replacement for an app if
- * only get_baseurl is used. 
- * 
- * @author Alexander Kampmann
- * @package test.util
- */
-class MockApp {
-	function get_baseurl() {
-		return "baseurl"; 
-	}
-}; 
-
-/**
- * the test should not rely on a database, 
- * so this is a replacement for the database access method q. 
- * 
- * It simulates the user with uid 11 has one contact, named Mike Lastname. 
- * 
- * @param string $sql
- */
-function q($sql) {
-	$result=array(array('id'=>15, 
-			'attag'=>'', 'network'=>'dfrn', 
-			'name'=>'Mike Lastname', 'alias'=>'Mike', 
-			'nick'=>'Mike', 'url'=>"http://justatest.de")); 
-	
-	$args=func_get_args(); 
-
-	//last parameter is always (in this test) uid, so, it should be 11
-	if($args[count($args)-1]!=11) {
-		return; 
-	}
-	
-	
-	if(3==count($args)) {
-		//first call in handle_body, id only
-		if($result[0]['id']==$args[1]) {
-			return $result; 
-		}
-		//second call in handle_body, name
-		if($result[0]['name']===$args[1]) {
-			return $result;
-		}
-	}
-	//third call in handle_body, nick or attag
-	if($result[0]['nick']===$args[2] || $result[0]['attag']===$args[1]) {
-		return $result;
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * replacement for dbesc. 
- * I don't want to test dbesc here, so
- * I just return the input. It won't be a problem, because 
- * the test does not use a real database. 
- * 
- * DON'T USE HAT FUNCTION OUTSIDE A TEST!
- * 
- * @param string $str
- * @return input
- */
-function dbesc($str) {
-	return $str; 
-}
-
-/**
- * TestCase for tag handling. 
- * 
- * @author alexander
- * @package test.util
- */
-class GetTagsTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
-	/** the mock to use as app */
-	private $a; 
-
-	/**
-	 * initialize the test. That's a phpUnit function, 
-	 * don't change its name.
-	 */
-	public function setUp() {
-		$this->a=new MockApp(); 
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * test with one Person tag
-	 */
-	public function testGetTagsShortPerson() {
-		$text="hi @Mike";
-
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-
-		$inform=''; 
-		$str_tags='';
-		foreach($tags as $tag) {
-			handle_tag($this->a, $text, $inform, $str_tags, 11, $tag);
-		}
-
-		//correct tags found?
-		$this->assertEquals(1, count($tags)); 
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike", $tags));
-		
-		//correct output from handle_tag?
-		$this->assertEquals("cid:15", $inform); 
-		$this->assertEquals("@[url=http://justatest.de]Mike Lastname[/url]", $str_tags);
-		$this->assertEquals("hi @[url=http://justatest.de]Mike Lastname[/url]", $text);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test with one Person tag. 
-	 * There's a minor spelling mistake...
-	 */
-	public function testGetTagsShortPersonSpelling() {
-		$text="hi @Mike.because";
-	
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-	
-		//correct tags found?
-		$this->assertEquals(1, count($tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike.because", $tags));
-		
-		$inform='';
-		$str_tags='';
-		handle_tag($this->a, $text, $inform, $str_tags, 11, $tags[0]);
-	
-		// (mike) - This is a tricky case.
-		// we support mentions as in @mike@example.com - which contains a period.
-		// This shouldn't match anything unless you have a contact named "Mike.because".
-		// We may need another test for "@Mike. because" - which should return the contact
-		// as we ignore trailing periods in tags. 
- 
-//		$this->assertEquals("cid:15", $inform); 
-//		$this->assertEquals("@[url=http://justatest.de]Mike Lastname[/url]", $str_tags);
-//		$this->assertEquals("hi @[url=http://justatest.de]Mike Lastname[/url].because", $text);
-
-		$this->assertEquals("", $inform); 
-		$this->assertEquals("", $str_tags);
-
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test with two Person tags. 
-	 * There's a minor spelling mistake...
-	 */
-
-	public function testGetTagsPerson2Spelling() {
-		$text="hi @Mike@campino@friendica.eu";
-	
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-
-// This construct is not supported. Results are indeterminate			
-//		$this->assertEquals(2, count($tags)); 
-//		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike", $tags));
-//		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@campino@friendica.eu", $tags));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test with one hash tag.
-	 */
-	public function testGetTagsShortTag() {
-		$text="This is a #test_case";
-
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-
-		$this->assertEquals(1, count($tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#test_case", $tags));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * test with a person and a hash tag
-	 */
-	public function testGetTagsShortTagAndPerson() {
-		$text="hi @Mike This is a #test_case";
-
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-
-		$this->assertEquals(3, count($tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike This", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#test_case", $tags));
-
-		$inform='';
-		$str_tags='';
-		foreach($tags as $tag) {
-			handle_tag($this->a, $text, $inform, $str_tags, 11, $tag);
-		}
-		
-		$this->assertEquals("cid:15", $inform); 
-		$this->assertEquals("@[url=http://justatest.de]Mike Lastname[/url],#[url=baseurl/search?tag=test%20case]test case[/url]", $str_tags);
-		$this->assertEquals("hi @[url=http://justatest.de]Mike Lastname[/url] This is a #[url=baseurl/search?tag=test%20case]test case[/url]", $text); 
-		
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * test with a person, a hash tag and some special chars.
-	 */
-	public function testGetTagsShortTagAndPersonSpecialChars() {
-		$text="hi @Mike, This is a #test_case.";
-
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-
-		$this->assertEquals(2, count($tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#test_case", $tags));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test with a person tag and text behind it.
-	 */
-	public function testGetTagsPersonOnly() {
-		$text="@Test I saw the Theme Dev group was created.";
-
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-
-		$this->assertEquals(2, count($tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Test I", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Test", $tags));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * this test demonstrates strange behaviour by intval. 
-	 * It makes the next test fail. 
-	 */
-	public function testIntval() {
-		$this->assertEquals(15, intval("15 it")); 
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test a tag with an id in it
-	 */
-	public function testIdTag() {
-		$text="Test with @mike+15 id tag"; 
-		
-		$tags=get_tags($text); 
-		
-		$this->assertEquals(2, count($tags)); 
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@mike+15", $tags));
-		
-		//happens right now, but it shouldn't be necessary
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@mike+15 id", $tags));
-		
-		$inform='';
-		$str_tags='';
-		foreach($tags as $tag) {
-			handle_tag($this->a, $text, $inform, $str_tags, 11, $tag);
-		}
-		
-		$this->assertEquals("Test with @[url=http://justatest.de]Mike Lastname[/url] id tag", $text);
-		$this->assertEquals("@[url=http://justatest.de]Mike Lastname[/url]", $str_tags);
-		// this test may produce two cid:15 entries - which is OK because duplicates are pruned before delivery
-		$this->assertContains("cid:15",$inform);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * test with two persons and one special tag.
-	 */
-	public function testGetTags2Persons1TagSpecialChars() {
-		$text="hi @Mike, I'm just writing #test_cases, so"
-		." so @somebody@friendica.com may change #things.";
-
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-
-		$this->assertEquals(5, count($tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#test_cases", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@somebody@friendica.com", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@somebody@friendica.com may", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#things", $tags));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * test with a long text.
-	 */
-	public function testGetTags() {
-		$text="hi @Mike, I'm just writing #test_cases, "
-		." so @somebody@friendica.com may change #things. Of course I "
-		."look for a lot of #pitfalls, like #tags at the end of a sentence "
-		."@comment. I hope noone forgets about @fullstops.because that might"
-		." break #things. @Mike@campino@friendica.eu is also #nice, isn't it? "
-		."Now, add a @first_last tag. ";
-		
-		$tags=get_tags($text);
-
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#test_cases", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@somebody@friendica.com", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#things", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#pitfalls", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#tags", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@comment", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@fullstops.because", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#things", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@Mike", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("#nice", $tags));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@first_last", $tags));
-		
-		//right now, none of the is matched (unsupported)
-//		$this->assertFalse(in_array("@Mike@campino@friendica.eu", $tags));
-//		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@campino@friendica.eu", $tags));
-//		$this->assertTrue(in_array("@campino@friendica.eu is", $tags));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * test with an empty string
-	 */
-	public function testGetTagsEmpty() {
-		$tags=get_tags("");
-		$this->assertEquals(0, count($tags));
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tests/template_test.php b/tests/template_test.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f9f805313..0000000000
--- a/tests/template_test.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,224 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * this file contains tests for the template engine
- *
- * @package test.util
- */
-
-/** required, it is the file under test */
-require_once('include/template_processor.php');
-require_once('include/text.php');
-
-class TemplateMockApp {
-	public $theme_info=array();
-}
-
-if(!function_exists('current_theme')) {
-function current_theme() {
-	return 'clean';
-}
-}
-
-if(!function_exists('x')) {
-function x($s,$k = NULL) {
-	return false;
-}
-}
-
-if(!function_exists('get_app')) {
-function get_app() {
-	return new TemplateMockApp();
-}
-}
-
-/**
- * TestCase for the template engine
- *
- * @author Alexander Kampmann
- * @package test.util
- */
-class TemplateTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
-
-	public function setUp() {
-		global $t;
-		$t=new Template;
-	}
-
-	public function testListToShort() {
-		@list($first, $second)=array('first');
-
-		$this->assertTrue(is_null($second));
-	}
-
-	public function testSimpleVariableString() {
-		$tpl='Hello $name!';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$name'=>'Anna'));
-
-		$this->assertEquals('Hello Anna!', $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testSimpleVariableInt() {
-		$tpl='There are $num new messages!';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$num'=>172));
-
-		$this->assertEquals('There are 172 new messages!', $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testConditionalElse() {
-		$tpl='There{{ if $num!=1 }} are $num new messages{{ else }} is 1 new message{{ endif }}!';
-
-		$text1=replace_macros($tpl, array('$num'=>1));
-		$text22=replace_macros($tpl, array('$num'=>22));
-
-		$this->assertEquals('There is 1 new message!', $text1);
-		$this->assertEquals('There are 22 new messages!', $text22);
-	}
-
-	public function testConditionalNoElse() {
-		$tpl='{{ if $num!=0 }}There are $num new messages!{{ endif }}';
-
-		$text0=replace_macros($tpl, array('$num'=>0));
-		$text22=replace_macros($tpl, array('$num'=>22));
-
-		$this->assertEquals('', $text0);
-		$this->assertEquals('There are 22 new messages!', $text22);
-	}
-
-	public function testConditionalFail() {
-		$tpl='There {{ if $num!=1 }} are $num new messages{{ else }} is 1 new message{{ endif }}!';
-
-		$text1=replace_macros($tpl, array());
-
-		//$this->assertEquals('There is 1 new message!', $text1);
-	}
-
-	public function testSimpleFor() {
-		$tpl='{{ for $messages as $message }} $message {{ endfor }}';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$messages'=>array('message 1', 'message 2')));
-
-		$this->assertEquals(' message 1  message 2 ', $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testFor() {
-		$tpl='{{ for $messages as $message }} from: $message.from to $message.to {{ endfor }}';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$messages'=>array(array('from'=>'Mike', 'to'=>'Alex'), array('from'=>'Alex', 'to'=>'Mike'))));
-
-		$this->assertEquals(' from: Mike to Alex  from: Alex to Mike ', $text);
-	}
-	
-	public function testKeyedFor() {
-		$tpl='{{ for $messages as $from=>$to }} from: $from to $to {{ endfor }}';
-	
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$messages'=>array('Mike'=>'Alex', 'Sven'=>'Mike')));
-	
-		$this->assertEquals(' from: Mike to Alex  from: Sven to Mike ', $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testForEmpty() {
-		$tpl='messages: {{for $messages as $message}} from: $message.from to $message.to  {{ endfor }}';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$messages'=>array()));
-
-		$this->assertEquals('messages: ', $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testForWrongType() {
-		$tpl='messages: {{for $messages as $message}} from: $message.from to $message.to  {{ endfor }}';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$messages'=>11));
-
-		$this->assertEquals('messages: ', $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testForConditional() {
-		$tpl='new messages: {{for $messages as $message}}{{ if $message.new }} $message.text{{endif}}{{ endfor }}';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$messages'=>array(
-				array('new'=>true, 'text'=>'new message'),
-				array('new'=>false, 'text'=>'old message'))));
-
-		$this->assertEquals('new messages:  new message', $text);
-	}
-	
-	public function testConditionalFor() {
-		$tpl='{{ if $enabled }}new messages:{{for $messages as $message}} $message.text{{ endfor }}{{endif}}';
-	
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$enabled'=>true, 
-				'$messages'=>array(
-				array('new'=>true, 'text'=>'new message'),
-				array('new'=>false, 'text'=>'old message'))));
-	
-		$this->assertEquals('new messages: new message old message', $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testFantasy() {
-		$tpl='Fantasy: {{fantasy $messages}}';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$messages'=>'no no'));
-
-		$this->assertEquals('Fantasy: {{fantasy no no}}', $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testInc() {
-		$tpl='{{inc field_input.tpl with $field=$myvar}}{{ endinc }}';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$myvar'=>array('myfield', 'label', 'value', 'help')));
-
-		$this->assertEquals("	\n"
-				."	<div class='field input'>\n"
-				."		<label for='id_myfield'>label</label>\n"
-				."		<input name='myfield' id='id_myfield' value=\"value\">\n"
-				."		<span class='field_help'>help</span>\n"
-				."	</div>\n", $text);
-	}
-
-	public function testIncNoVar() {
-		$tpl='{{inc field_input.tpl }}{{ endinc }}';
-
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$field'=>array('myfield', 'label', 'value', 'help')));
-
-		$this->assertEquals("	\n	<div class='field input'>\n		<label for='id_myfield'>label</label>\n"
-				."		<input name='myfield' id='id_myfield' value=\"value\">\n"
-				."		<span class='field_help'>help</span>\n"
-				."	</div>\n", $text);
-	}
-	
-	public function testDoubleUse() {
-		$tpl='Hello $name! {{ if $enabled }} I love you! {{ endif }}';
-	
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$name'=>'Anna', '$enabled'=>false));
-	
-		$this->assertEquals('Hello Anna! ', $text);
-		
-		$tpl='Hey $name! {{ if $enabled }} I hate you! {{ endif }}';
-		
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$name'=>'Max', '$enabled'=>true));
-		
-		$this->assertEquals('Hey Max!  I hate you! ', $text);
-	}
-	
-	public function testIncDouble() {
-		$tpl='{{inc field_input.tpl with $field=$var1}}{{ endinc }}'
-		.'{{inc field_input.tpl with $field=$var2}}{{ endinc }}';
-	
-		$text=replace_macros($tpl, array('$var1'=>array('myfield', 'label', 'value', 'help'), 
-				'$var2'=>array('myfield2', 'label2', 'value2', 'help2')));
-		
-		$this->assertEquals("	\n"
-				."	<div class='field input'>\n"
-				."		<label for='id_myfield'>label</label>\n"
-				."		<input name='myfield' id='id_myfield' value=\"value\">\n"
-				."		<span class='field_help'>help</span>\n"
-				."	</div>\n"
-				."	\n"
-				."	<div class='field input'>\n"
-				."		<label for='id_myfield2'>label2</label>\n"
-				."		<input name='myfield2' id='id_myfield2' value=\"value2\">\n"
-				."		<span class='field_help'>help2</span>\n"
-				."	</div>\n", $text);
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/xss_filter_test.php b/tests/xss_filter_test.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bc8e0ad3f..0000000000
--- a/tests/xss_filter_test.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * tests several functions which are used to prevent xss attacks
- *
- * @package test.util
- */
-
-require_once('include/text.php');
-
-class AntiXSSTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
-
-	/**
-	 * test, that tags are escaped
-	 */
-	public function testEscapeTags() {
-		$invalidstring='<submit type="button" onclick="alert(\'failed!\');" />';
-
-		$validstring=notags($invalidstring);
-		$escapedString=escape_tags($invalidstring);
-
-		$this->assertEquals('[submit type="button" onclick="alert(\'failed!\');" /]', $validstring);
-		$this->assertEquals("&lt;submit type=&quot;button&quot; onclick=&quot;alert('failed!');&quot; /&gt;", $escapedString);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 *xmlify and unxmlify
-	 */
-	public function testXmlify() {
-		$text="<tag>I want to break\n this!11!<?hard?></tag>";
-		$xml=xmlify($text);
-		$retext=unxmlify($text);
-
-		$this->assertEquals($text, $retext);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * xmlify and put in a document
-	 */
-	public function testXmlifyDocument() {
-		$tag="<tag>I want to break</tag>";
-		$xml=xmlify($tag);
-		$text='<text>'.$xml.'</text>';
-
-		$xml_parser=xml_parser_create();
-		//should be possible to parse it
-		$values=array(); $index=array();
-		$this->assertEquals(1, xml_parse_into_struct($xml_parser, $text, $values, $index));
-
-		$this->assertEquals(array('TEXT'=>array(0)),
-				$index);
-		$this->assertEquals(array(array('tag'=>'TEXT', 'type'=>'complete', 'level'=>1, 'value'=>$tag)),
-				$values);
-
-		xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * test hex2bin and reverse
-	 */
-	public function testHex2Bin() {
-		$this->assertEquals(-3, hex2bin(bin2hex(-3)));
-		$this->assertEquals(0, hex2bin(bin2hex(0)));
-		$this->assertEquals(12, hex2bin(bin2hex(12)));
-		$this->assertEquals(PHP_INT_MAX, hex2bin(bin2hex(PHP_INT_MAX)));
-	}
-
-	//function qp, quick and dirty??
-	//get_mentions
-	//get_contact_block, bis Zeile 538
-}