<?xml version="1.0"  encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<project name="testsite" basedir="." default="main">
    <property file="./build.properties" />

    <property name="package"  value="${phing.project.name}" override="true" />
    <property name="builddir" value="./build/testsite" override="true" />
    <property name="srcdir"   value="${project.basedir}" override="true" />

    <!-- Fileset for all files -->
    <fileset dir="." id="allfiles">
        <include name="**" />
    </fileset>

    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- (DEFAULT) Target: main                        -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="main" description="main target">
        <copy todir="${builddir}">
            <fileset refid="allfiles" />
        </copy>
    </target>

    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: Rebuild                               -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="rebuild" description="rebuilds this package">
        <delete dir="${builddir}" />
        <phingcall target="main" />
    </target>
</project>

This build file first defines some properties with the <property> task call to PropertyTask. Then, it defines a fileset and two targets. Let us have a quick rundown of this build file.

The first four tags within the project tag define properties. They appear in two possible variants:

The next noticeable thing in the build file is the <fileset> tag. It defines a fileset, i.e. a set of multiple files. You can include and exclude files with the include and exclude tags within the fileset tag. For more information concerning Filesets (i.e. Patterns) see Appendix D, Core Types. The fileset is given an id attribute, so it can be referenced later on.

One thing is worth noting here though and that is the use of double star expression, i.e. "**". This special regexp refers to all files in all subdirectories as well. Compare this with a single "*" which would only refer to all files in the current subdirectory. So for example the expression "**/*.phps" would refer to all files with suffix "'.phps" in all subdirectories below the current directory.

The first task only contains a call to CopyTask via <copy>. The interesting thing is within the copy tag. Here, a fileset task is not written out with nested include or exclude elements, but via the refid, the Fileset created earlier is referenced. This way, you can use a once defined fileset multiple times in your build files.

The only noticeable thing in the second target is the call to PhingTask with the <phingcall> tag (see Appendix B, Core tasks for more information). The task executes a specified target within the same build file. So, the second target removes the build directory and calls main again, thus rebuilding the project.

A variant is to override properties defined in the build file with properties specified on the command line using the -D switch. For example to override the builddir in the build file above one could call Phing as

$ phing -Dbuilddir=/tmp/system-test