Pear run-tests: Setting --cgi option to test file uploads using phpt

In PHP, file uploads can be tested using phpt files as explained here. However, when I wanted to execute phpt test with --POST_RAW-- or --POST-- sections, pear run-tests was giving an error that: --cgi option needed for this test, type 'pear help run-tests' My phpt file was as follows:

	--TEST--
	Example test emulating a file upload
	--SKIPIF--
	<?php if (php_sapi_name()=='cli') die('skip'); ?>
	--POST_RAW--
	Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryfywL8UCjFtqUBTQn
	------WebKitFormBoundaryfywL8UCjFtqUBTQn
	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="example.txt"
	Content-Type: text/plain
	Some file data ....
	------WebKitFormBoundaryfywL8UCjFtqUBTQn
	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="submit"
	Upload
	------WebKitFormBoundaryfywL8UCjFtqUBTQn--
	--FILE--
	<?php
	var_dump($_FILES['file']['name']);
	?>
	--EXPECT--
	string(11) "example.txt"

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The layout of phpt files is explained here. To overcome this problem I installed php5-cgi package for ubuntusudo apt-get install php5-cgiThis allowed for correct execution of the testpear run-tests --cgi=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/php5 example-upload.phpt
Running 1 tests
PASS Example test emulating a file upload[example-upload.phpt]
TOTAL TIME: 00:00
1 PASSED TESTS
0 SKIPPED TESTS