Create New Project: Specify Local Server

File | New Project From Existing Files - Web server is installed locally, source files are located under its document root

The page opens when you click Next on the Create New Project: Choose Project Directory page. On this page of the wizard, choose the local server access configuration to use. You can select an existing configuration or define a new one.

Item	Description
Add new local server	Select this option to move to the Create New Project: Add Local Server page and specify a new Web server configuration.
Use existing server	Select this option to use one of the existing Web server configurations from the list below.
Name	This read-only field shows the name of the local server access configuration.
URL	This read-only field shows the URL address of the server configuration root ( The server configuration root is the highest folder in the file tree on the local or remote server accessible through the server configuration. For in-place servers, it is the project root. ).
Don't check HTTP connection to server	When this checkbox is cleared, PhpStorm checks whether the specified URL address ensures successful connection to the server. When this checkbox is selected, PhpStorm moves to the next page of the Wizard without any connection check.

Last modified: 08 March 2021