- // basically just tell us if avro changes its string encoding
- $this->assertEquals( base64_decode( 'GGJldHRlciB0byBiZQ==' ), $res );
+ // basically just tell us if avro changes its string encoding, or if
+ // we completely fail to generate a log message.
+ $this->assertEquals( 'AAAAAAAAD2m1GGJldHRlciB0byBiZQ==', base64_encode( $res ) );