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  • Resolved ucarmetin

    (@ucarmetin)


    Hello there,

    I’m encoutering a problem with WP installation on my localhost. Hope someone can help me out.

    I installed EasyPHP 5.3.2 on my PC and everything ( PHP, MySQL, Apache, and phpmyadmin ) seem to work without any problem. Downloaded WP 2.9.2 and extracted all the files in a directory called “wp” under the directory “www”, which was automatically created by EasyPHP. Next, created a database called “wp_test” via phpmyadmin interface, and updated “wp-config.php” file as below:

    DB_NAME: wp_test
    DB_USER: root
    DB_HOST: localhost
    DB_PASSWORD: *****

    Until till stage, I didn’t get any problem. But when I tried to run the installaton script with the following path “…/wp-admin/install.php”, nothing is happening. The browser window keeps loading for a minute or so and then it stops. It neither returns an error message nor run the script.

    I’ve installed WP on my localhost dozens of times but never encountered such problem. Could someone please tell me why I get such problem and what the cure is?

    Any help for resolving this issue would be highly appreciated.
    Thanks.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    Have you tried running any other .php files under EasyPHP?

    apolloxr

    (@apolloxr)

    I was experiencing the same problem: accessing install.php would result in a blank page, even though other php files were working. I finally found my solution in this thread: A little help with installing – Win 7 / IIS 7.5 ( latest PHP and MySQL)

    After figuring out where my hosts file was and commenting out the IPv6 setting I ran install.php again and it worked like a charm.

    Good luck!

    Thread Starter ucarmetin

    (@ucarmetin)

    @esmi, yeah I’ve tried a few files and they seem to be working.
    @apolloxr, thanks mate. I’ll check out the article.

    Thread Starter ucarmetin

    (@ucarmetin)

    I’ve come to the solution. Special thanks to ApolloXR for advice. I found the solution in the thread you adviced me to check out.

    Speaking of the solution, all I did was to change the following entry in the hosts file

    ::1 localhost

    with the following one

    #::1 localhost

    hope this thread would be of help for those who encounter the same problem.

    Thanks.

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