Phing does just the default target

I have a problem with Phing. He only does the default job. Has anyone encountered such behavior? The environment works on Windows 10. Thank you for your help.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="Test" default="start">
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: start                                 -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="start">
        <echo msg="Start build" />
    </target>
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: prepareDirectory                      -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="prepareDirectory" depends="start">
        <echo msg="Making directory build ./build" />
        <mkdir dir="./build" />
        <echo msg="Making directory install ./install" />
        <mkdir dir="./install" />       
    </target>       
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: build                                 -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="build" depends="prepareDirectory">
        <echo msg="Copying files to build directory..." />

        <echo msg="Copying ./about.php to ./build directory..." />
        <copy file="./about.php" tofile="./build/about.php" />

        <echo msg="Copying ./browsers.php to ./build directory..." />
        <copy file="./browsers.php" tofile="./build/browsers.php" />

        <echo msg="Copying ./contact.php to ./build directory..." />
        <copy file="./contact.php" tofile="./build/contact.php" />
    </target>
</project>

Solution

You need to set dependencies the other way around. Your target "start" does not trigger any other targets with your current code.

Try this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="Test" default="build">
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: start                                 -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="start">
        <echo msg="Start build" />
    </target>
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: prepareDirectory                      -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="prepareDirectory" depends="start">
        <echo msg="Making directory build ./build" />
        <mkdir dir="./build" />
        <echo msg="Making directory install ./install" />
        <mkdir dir="./install" />       
    </target>       
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- Target: build                                 -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="build" depends="prepareDirectory">
        <echo msg="Copying files to build directory..." />

        <echo msg="Copying ./about.php to ./build directory..." />
        <copy file="./about.php" tofile="./build/about.php" />

        <echo msg="Copying ./browsers.php to ./build directory..." />
        <copy file="./browsers.php" tofile="./build/browsers.php" />

        <echo msg="Copying ./contact.php to ./build directory..." />
        <copy file="./contact.php" tofile="./build/contact.php" />
    </target>
</project>

The execution order will be: start -> prepareDirectory -> build

Hope that works!