Setting up a PHP interpreter in PhpStorm

I am a beginner in web development and am having trouble trying to figure out how to set up a CLI interpreter for PHP. I don’t know what to do to set up an interpreter and the JetBrains tutorials seem to assume that I already have available interpreters.

I have previously used AWS to make websites, but I am switching to PHPStorm because my free trial has ended. From uses AWS, I did not need anything additional to run my PHP files, so now that I am using PHPStorm, I am confused by all these extra steps I need to run a PHP file. I am essentially confused with what an interpreter is, how to set it up, and how to view my webpage on my local server.

I also don’t understand what the CLI is. I read it stands for Command Line Interpreter, but I don’t know if that is any different than a regular interpreter.

I’ve read things like WAMP and XAMPP, but I don’t know what they mean. I have Windows 10.

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