Install.php seemed to run...but I now get a blank page when I visit my site. Source is:
<html><body></body></html>
Now what?
thanks,
robert
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solorzar
Posted 7 years ago # -
Mark (podz)
Posted 7 years ago #Do you have a link to your site so we can see if we get the same result ?
This will help to track any error down. -
Posted 7 years ago #http://craniata.net/wordpress
more details that might be helpful:
--php and mysql are installed and working, and versions are correct.
--box is a rh9 box.
--mysql says database doesn't exist -- doesn't install.php create the database? wp-config.php has correct database/user name.
--apache is working, but does a php-apache module need to be installed? How would I tell, if needed, if this has been done?
thanks,
robert -
Posted 7 years ago #another detail: this works... http://craniata.net/phpinfo.php
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OperaManiac
Posted 7 years ago #nope WP does not install database for you.
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Posted 7 years ago #ok, thanks. I'm still stuck, though. I'm here in the '5 minute install' instructions:
"That’s it! At the end of the installation it will give you a login and a random password. The password is random, so be sure to write it down or at least copy and paste it. Once you’re logged in you can change the password."
What is the 'it' referred to in the preceding paragraph? Should I have visited my site in a web browser? If so, I did, and it was blank.
If WordPress requires that I set up a database, is there documentation as to fields/data types, etc.? Should I have created a blank database first, and then run install.php?
thanks,
robert -
Posted 7 years ago #u just need to create a database. and fill the details (host address, databasename, username, password) in the config file that you have to rename. then run install.php
rest is handled by the installer. -
Posted 7 years ago #thanks, i'll try that
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Posted 7 years ago #nope, that didn't work. created database, made sure config.php had correct entries (tried both 'localhost' and the server's actual name), ran install.php.
http://craniata.net/wordpress still returns a blank page, containing only:
<html><body></body></html> -
Posted 7 years ago #hmmm, is it this (from http://craniata.net/phpinfo.php):
'--with-mysql=shared,/usr' ? -
warzone
Posted 7 years ago #make sure you installed the php4-mysql package. Missing that package gives you blank pages. After instlling the package make sure you restart the apache server. It will hopefully solve your problems.
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oriolm
Posted 7 years ago #If you have installed php4-mysql and you get blank page, try to run (on Debian or Ubuntu):
dpkg-reconfigure php4-mysql
Or add to your php.ini:
extension=mysql.so
This solves the problem in my case -
Anonymous
Posted 7 years ago #Was this solved?
I am having the same problem.
I have Apache2 with php5, and have confirmed that both are working.
mysql(4.0.18) is also installed and running.
I have created the empty database for wordpress.
All I get from running install.php is a blank page. -
I had the same trouble (blank pages after install) using Apache2, PHP5 and MySQL. The only solution I was able to find was to use a 1.3-alpha build. It's pretty well known that 1.2mingus doesn't like PHP5. Fortunately the latest builds have been really stable and work well. http://www.wordpress.com/nightly/
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