--- a/spyc/tests/DumpTest.php
+++ b/spyc/tests/DumpTest.php
@@ -1,1 +1,58 @@
+<?php
 
+require_once ("../spyc.php");
+
+class DumpTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+
+    private $files_to_test = array();
+
+    public function setUp() {
+      $this->files_to_test = array ('../spyc.yaml', 'failing1.yaml', 'indent_1.yaml', 'quotes.yaml');
+    }
+
+    public function testDump() {
+      foreach ($this->files_to_test as $file) {
+        $yaml = spyc_load(file_get_contents($file));
+        $dump = Spyc::YAMLDump ($yaml);
+        $yaml_after_dump = Spyc::YAMLLoad ($dump);
+        $this->assertEquals ($yaml, $yaml_after_dump);
+      }
+    }
+
+    public function testDumpWithQuotes() {
+      $Spyc = new Spyc();
+      $Spyc->setting_dump_force_quotes = true;
+      foreach ($this->files_to_test as $file) {
+        $yaml = $Spyc->load(file_get_contents($file));
+        $dump = $Spyc->dump ($yaml);
+        $yaml_after_dump = Spyc::YAMLLoad ($dump);
+        $this->assertEquals ($yaml, $yaml_after_dump);
+      }
+    }
+
+    public function testDumpArrays() {
+      $dump = Spyc::YAMLDump(array ('item1', 'item2', 'item3'));
+      $awaiting = "---\n- item1\n- item2\n- item3\n";
+      $this->assertEquals ($awaiting, $dump);
+    }
+
+    public function testDumpNumerics() {
+      $dump = Spyc::YAMLDump(array ('404', '405', '500'));
+      $awaiting = "---\n- 404\n- 405\n- 500\n";
+      $this->assertEquals ($awaiting, $dump);
+    }
+
+    public function testDumpAsterisks() {
+      $dump = Spyc::YAMLDump(array ('*'));
+      $awaiting = "---\n- '*'\n";
+      $this->assertEquals ($awaiting, $dump);
+    }
+
+
+    public function testEmpty() {
+      $dump = Spyc::YAMLDump(array("foo" => array()));
+      $awaiting = "---\nfoo: [ ]\n";
+      $this->assertEquals ($awaiting, $dump);
+    }
+
+}