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+<?php
+
+class parse_test extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+
+    /**
+     * CSV
+     * The parseCSV object
+     *
+     * @access protected
+     * @var parseCSV
+     */
+    protected $csv;
+
+    /**
+     * Setup
+     * Setup our test environment objects
+     *
+     * @access public
+     */
+    public function setUp() {
+        $this->csv = new parseCSV();
+    }
+
+    public function test_parse() {
+        // can we trick 'is_readable' into whining? See #67.
+        $this->parse_repetitive_string('c:/looks/like/a/path');
+        $this->parse_repetitive_string('http://looks/like/an/url');
+    }
+
+    private function parse_repetitive_string($content) {
+        $this->csv->delimiter = ';';
+        $this->csv->heading = FALSE;
+        $success = $this->csv->parse(str_repeat($content . ';', 500));
+        $this->assertEquals(TRUE, $success);
+
+        $row = array_pop($this->csv->data);
+        $expected_data = array_fill(0, 500, $content);
+        $expected_data [] = '';
+        $this->assertEquals($expected_data, $row);
+    }
+}