Run PHP Artisan without CD Change Directory

I currently have to cd to my project to access php artisan

cd /var/www/html/project
php artisan

Is it possible to access it without the cd command by just running php artisan?

I tried creating an alias in the .bashrc file with no luck:

sudo nano .bashrc

Added this at the bottom:

alias artisan='/var/www/html/project/artisan'

Then when I ran php artisan it said "Could not open input file: artisan"

via Chebli Mohamed