Load website from PhpStorm

[clintongallagher]

I just installed Genesis into a new instance of a website opened as a Project in PhpStorm. Yes, I know I need to install child theme but something has been bothering me.

When I try to load a website from the browser the website loads as expected but when I try to load the website from PhpStorm using the path wp-content > themes > genesis > index.php I get the following error:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function genesis() in /srv/www/website-name/htdocs/wp-content/themes/genesis/index.php:15 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /srv/www/website-name/htdocs/wp-content/themes/genesis/index.php on line 15

If I tried to load index.php from Twenty Seventeen the error becomes:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function get_header() in /srv/www/website-name/htdocs/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/index.php:17 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /srv/www/website-name/htdocs/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/index.php on line 17

Is this a PhpStorm configuration issue or do I misunderatand how to load a WordPress website from an IDE?

[Victor Font]

You can only load a WordPress website from the main directory. wp_settings needs to be called to initialize WordPress. When you attempt to load a site from a theme directory you bypass all of the WordPress initialization functions.

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[clintongallagher]

Hello Victor,

Okay then,loading wp_settings.php generates more errors:

Notice: Use of undefined constant ABSPATH - assumed 'ABSPATH' in /srv/www/***/htdocs/wp-settings.php on line 19

Warning: require(ABSPATHwp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /srv/www/***/htdocs/wp-settings.php on line 19

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'ABSPATHwp-includes/load.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /srv/www/***/htdocs/wp-settings.php on line 19

Indeed, the only definition in wp_settings.php is define( 'WPINC', 'wp-includes' );
and ABSPATH is not defined. Implies ABSPATH must be initialized elsewhere and something else would be loading wp_settings.php.

[clintongallagher]

Wait a minute. Requesting htdocs > index.php loads the website. I've been trying to load from the wrong location. Got a reference to a doc that lists the filenames and the order each loads?

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