diff --git a/build.bat b/build.bat
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+@echo off
+
+echo.
+echo        ____  _           ______         __ 
+echo       / __ \(_)  _____  / / __/__  ____/ / 
+echo      / /_/ / / ^|/_/ _ \/ / /_/ _ \/ __  / 
+echo     / ____/ /^>  ^</  __/ / __/  __/ /_/ /  
+echo    /_/   /_/_/^|_^|\___/_/_/  \___/\__,_/   
+echo    ------------- build process -----------
+echo.
+
+WHERE php >nul 2>nul
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
+  echo !!! PHP command-line executable was not found in the current path.
+  echo     It is required in order to build Pixelfed.
+  echo.
+  exit 255
+)
+
+php ./vendor/phing/phing/bin/phing %*
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo ""
+echo "       ____  _           ______         __  "
+echo "      / __ \(_)  _____  / / __/__  ____/ /  "
+echo "     / /_/ / / |/_/ _ \/ / /_/ _ \/ __  /   "
+echo "    / ____/ />  </  __/ / __/  __/ /_/ /    "
+echo "   /_/   /_/_/|_|\___/_/_/  \___/\__,_/     "
+echo "   ------------- build process -----------  "
+echo ""
+
+if [ ! -P "php" ]
+then
+  echo "!!! PHP command-line executable was not found in the current path."
+  echo "    It is required in order to build Pixelfed."
+  echo ""
+  exit 255
+fi
+
+php ./vendor/phing/phing/bin/phing "$@"
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