phing

PHP build tool based on Apache Ant

TLDR

Run default target

$ phing

Run specific target

$ phing [target]

Use custom build file

$ phing -f [build.xml] [target]

List available targets

$ phing -l

Set a property value

$ phing -D[name]=[value] [target]

Run with verbose output

$ phing -verbose [target]

Run in debug mode

$ phing -debug [target]

Specify a logger

$ phing -logger phing.listener.DefaultLogger [target]

phing (PHing Is Not GNU make) is a PHP project build tool based on Apache Ant. It uses XML build files to define targets and tasks for automating PHP project workflows such as compilation, testing, packaging, and deployment.Phing provides a rich set of built-in tasks for file operations, PHP-specific tasks (PHPUnit, PHP_CodeSniffer, phpDocumentor), version control integration, and archive creation. Custom tasks can be written in PHP.

PARAMETERS

TARGET

Build target to execute. If omitted, the default target is run.

-f FILE

Use the specified build file instead of the default build.xml.

-l

List available targets in the build file.

-DPROP=VALUE

Set a build property to a given value, overriding the build file.

-verbose

Produce verbose output for debugging.

-debug

Produce debug-level output.

-q, -quiet

Suppress most output, only show errors.

-logger CLASS

Specify a custom logger class.

-logfile FILE

Write output to a log file.

-find FILE

Search parent directories for the build file.

INSTALL

yay -S phing

CAVEATS

Requires PHP CLI. Build files use XML format with Ant-like syntax. Task names and attributes are case-sensitive. The default build file is build.xml in the current directory.

HISTORY

Phing was originally created by Andreas Aderhold in 2002 as a PHP port of Apache Ant. The name is a recursive acronym: PHing Is Not GNU make.