The first four steps went pretty smoothly. Now I'm trying to open /wp-admin/install.php in my browser but my computer is not recognizing the php extension and keeps trying to open it with Media Player.
5-min install -- step 5 help please (9 posts)
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erin51
Posted 3 years ago # -
Les Bessant
Posted 3 years ago #That sounds more like your web server not being set up to serve PHP correctly.
Can you confirm the following:
1) You have uploaded everything to your web site
2) The host does meet the requirements shown at Hosting_WordPress
3) You are trying to open install.php from the web server, not from your hard disk (sorry if that sounds obvious, but people have done that in the past) -
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Drop that in notepad and save as phpinfo.php
upload it to your site and open in browser. This will confirm if you have php or not. If it tries to download - you do not have php. -
Posted 3 years ago #Thank you for your responses.
That sounds more like your web server not being set up to serve PHP correctly.
Can you confirm the following:
1) You have uploaded everything to your web site
2) The host does meet the requirements shown at Hosting_WordPress
3) You are trying to open install.php from the web server, not from your hard disk (sorry if that sounds obvious, but people have done that in the past)1. Yes. All uploaded (double checked every folder).
2. Not sure but will check. (I'm hosting with godaddy.com.)
3. Not obvious, though I did figure it out eventually, so yes...I'm opening from the server.<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Drop that in notepad and save as phpinfo.php
upload it to your site and open in browser. This will confirm if you have php or not. If it tries to download - you do not have php.Okay. I just uploaded that file but now I'm not sure exactly how to open it in a browser. Would it be http://www.mydomainname.com + "phpinfo.php"?
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Posted 3 years ago #Okay...I see something!!!
I figured out how to see that file I just uploaded (by typing: http://www.mydomain.com/wordpress/phpinfo.php into my browser).
It did not try to download. It opened a page with a grid that says "PHP Version 5.2.5"...then a whole bunch of information and ends with "PHP License" at the bottom.
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Posted 3 years ago #Getting closer...maybe???
Just attempted to open the install.php again using this path: http://www.mydomainname.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php and got this error message...
Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down.Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?
If you're unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums. -
Now you just have to narrow down which of the 4 values is incorrect in wp-config.php. I would ask your host to confirm the info you now have.
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Posted 3 years ago #I contacted godaddy and am in the process of reinstalling via their own quick install for wordpress (and other) blogs. So far, so good. Thank you.
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Ugh. Don't use their crappy quick installer. Just put the right values into wp-config.
For GoDaddy, go into the hosting services control panel/manager thing. Open up the Databases menu, and select MySQL. Create a new database there. Then put the info it gives you into the wp-config file. Nothing to it.
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