Example phing build.xml - seems to be more or less the same as Ant

build.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="ProjectName" default="dist">

    <property name="builddir" value="./build" />

    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: prepare                               -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="prepare">
        <echo msg="Making directory ${builddir}" />
        <mkdir dir="${builddir}" />
    </target>

    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: build                                 -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="build" depends="prepare">
        <echo msg="Copying file to ${builddir}" />
        <copy todir="${builddir}">
            <fileset dir=".">
                <!-- Exclude large and unneeded files -->
                <include name="**" />
                <exclude name="**/*.png" />
                <exclude name="**/*.jpg" />
                <exclude name="**/*.gif" />
                <exclude name="**/*.mp4" />
                <exclude name="**/*.pdf" />
                <exclude name="**/*.xlsx" />
                <exclude name="**.hg" />
                <exclude name="**.hg/**" />
                <exclude name="**/build/" />
                <exclude name="**/.idea/" />
                <exclude name="**/.idea/**" />
                <exclude name="**/.settings/" />
                <exclude name="**/.settings/**" />
                <exclude name="**/.project" />
                <exclude name="**/.travis.yml" />
                <exclude name="**/build.xml" />
                <exclude name="**/build.properties" />
                <exclude name="**/composer.json" />
                <exclude name="**/composer.lock" />
                <exclude name="**/composer.phar" />
                <exclude name="**/LICENSE.md" />
                <exclude name="**/README.md" />
                <exclude name="**/application/logs/**" />
                <exclude name="**/application/log/**" />
            </fileset>
        </copy>
        <delete file="${builddir}/.htaccess" />
        <move file="${builddir}/.htaccess.live" tofile="${builddir}/.htaccess" />
        <echo msg="replaced .htaccess with .htaccess.live" />
        <echo msg="Copied file to ${builddir}" />
    </target>

    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- (DEFAULT)  Target: dist                       -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="dist" depends="build">
        <echo msg="Creating archive..." />

        <zip destfile="./build/build.zip">
            <fileset dir="./build">
                <include name="*" />
            </fileset>
        </zip>

        <echo msg="Files copied and compressed in build directory OK!" />
    </target>
</project>