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Create New Project: Choose Project Directory

Last modified: 22 April 2022

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On this page of the wizard, specify the location of the files, appoint the project root, and configure the structure of the project to be created. The project root is the folder which is the parent for all the project sources. By default, all subfolders in this folder are treated as sources and their files are involved in indexing, searching, parsing, code completion, and so on. Use the icons on the toolbar to change this status.

If your sources are located in several independent parent folders, create a project in one of these folders and configure other sources as additional content roots on the Directories page of the Settings dialog.

For more details about configuring project contents, see Content root and Configuring Folders within a Content Root.

Item

Description

the Project Root icon  Project root

Select the folder which is the parent for all the project sources and click this icon to add the .idea directory with settings to it.

the Tests root icon  Test Sources

Click this icon to have PhpStorm treat the contents of tje selected folder as related to unit testing. Alternatively, choose Test Sources from the context menu of the selection.

the Resources root icon  Resource Root

Click this icon to enable PhpStorm to complete relative paths to resources under the selected folder. This means that the contents of the selected folder can be referenced relative to it instead of specifying full paths.

Alternatively, choose Resource Root from the context menu of the selection.

the Excluded root icon  Excluded

Click this button to have PhpStorm ignore the selected directory during indexing, parsing, code completion, and so on. Alternatively, choose Excluded from the context menu of the selection.

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