Phing does not load .properties file

Question

I have the following build.xml and build.properties files:

build.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project name="CoolProducts" basedir="../" default="dev" description="CoolProducts front-end"> <!-- set default config --> <property file="build/config/build.properties" /> <target name="dev"> <echo message="{$dir.css}" /> <echo message="{$dir.build}" /> <echo message="{$dir.source}" /> </target> </project> 

build.properties

 dir.source = . dir.css = css dir.build = build 

I expect my output to be:

 css build . 

but this:

 {$dir.css} {$dir.build} {$dir.source} 

Is something wrong with me?

Answer 1

It is ${property} , not {$property} , which should be used to display the property.