PHPUnit 3.5.0 does not accept an argument --log-xml. Here are the options available by the command --help:
$ phpunit --help
PHPUnit 3.5.0 by Sebastian Bergmann.
Usage: phpunit [switches] UnitTest [UnitTest.php]
phpunit [switches] <directory>
--log-junit <file> Log test execution in JUnit XML format to file.
--log-tap <file> Log test execution in TAP format to file.
--log-dbus Log test execution to DBUS.
--log-json <file> Log test execution in JSON format.
--coverage-html <dir> Generate code coverage report in HTML format.
--coverage-clover <file> Write code coverage data in Clover XML format.
--story-html <file> Write Story/BDD results in HTML format to file.
--story-text <file> Write Story/BDD results in Text format to file.
--testdox-html <file> Write agile documentation in HTML format to file.
--testdox-text <file> Write agile documentation in Text format to file.
--filter <pattern> Filter which tests to run.
--group ... Only runs tests from the specified group(s).
--exclude-group ... Exclude tests from the specified group(s).
--list-groups List available test groups.
--loader <loader> TestSuiteLoader implementation to use.
--repeat <times> Runs the test(s) repeatedly.
--story Report test execution progress in Story/BDD format.
--tap Report test execution progress in TAP format.
--testdox Report test execution progress in TestDox format.
--colors Use colors in output.
--stderr Write to STDERR instead of STDOUT.
--stop-on-error Stop execution upon first error.
--stop-on-failure Stop execution upon first error or failure.
--stop-on-skipped Stop execution upon first skipped test.
--stop-on-incomplete Stop execution upon first incomplete test.
--strict Mark a test as incomplete if no assertions are made.
--verbose Output more verbose information.
--wait Waits for a keystroke after each test.
--skeleton-class Generate Unit class for UnitTest in UnitTest.php.
--skeleton-test Generate UnitTest class for Unit in Unit.php.
--process-isolation Run each test in a separate PHP process.
--no-globals-backup Do not backup and restore $GLOBALS for each test.
--static-backup Backup and restore static attributes for each test.
--syntax-check Try to check source files for syntax errors.
--bootstrap <file> A "bootstrap" PHP file that is run before the tests.
--configuration <file> Read configuration from XML file.
--no-configuration Ignore default configuration file (phpunit.xml).
--include-path <path(s)> Prepend PHP include_path with given path(s).
-d key[=value] Sets a php.ini value.
--help Prints this usage information.
--version Prints the version and exits.
Use instead --log-junit.
Please note that there are also options --log-pmd, --log-metricsor --coverage-xml, therefore, you will also need to change them.
Reject this after the github link regarding switches removed from PHPUnit:
--log-pmd --log-metrics , PHP_Depend PHPMD--coverage-clover --coverage-xml
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