How to make PHP run on other folders?

In a terminal execute the following commands:

sudo chmod 775 home/myusername/Projects/myproject

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

In the editor, change DocumentRoot /var/www to
DocumentRoot /home/myusername/Projects/myproject

Then you will see <Directory "/var/www">

Change your default /var/www/ directory to /home/myusername/Projects/myproject/

Save and exit the editor.

Now restart your apache service:

sudo service apache2 restart

Also chmod your second directory.

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Create alias in gedit:

Alias /name /seconddirectory
<Directory /seconddirector>
    Options All
    AllowOverride All
    order allow,deny
    allow from all
</Directory>

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Now you can point to the directory http://127.0.0.1/your-name

and by 127.0.0.1 to enter the root directory.

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You can use php built-in server instead of apache to run html/css and/or php files from a directory

cd /path/to/your/app
php -S localhost:8000

As output you'll get :

Listening on localhost:8000
Document root is /path/to/your/app

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