If a Deployment server is defined for this project and marked as default, the file will be served from this server instead. To run your PHP application, either open a file in the browser or create a dedicated run/debug configuration and launch it. When the interpreter is configured, PhpStorm will automatically start the PHP Built-In Web Server and redirect all PHP requests to it as soon as you run your PHP application. To use it with PHP files, you need a local PHP interpreter specified for your project. The built-in server can only serve static content like HTML, JavaScript and CSS. All the project files are served on the built-in server with the root URL with respect to the project structure.
This server is always running and does not require any manual configuration. PhpStorm has a built-in web server that can be used to preview and debug your application.
