installation problem

Resolved maysamjahromi
(@maysamjahromi)

13 years ago

Hello everyone,
I have problem installing wordpress on my machine.
I have downloaded wordpress on my computer. Apache,Mysql and PHP services are running (I am using WAMP),
I am sure Apache,MySQL and php are working because I do PHP programming.
I am trying to install wordpress on my local computer but it stops in a white page.
I browse: http://localhost:8080 [I also have IIS running which is using port# 80)
then click on instal.php, it says:

There doesn’t seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php file through a web interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.
Create a Configuration File (Button)
I click on “Create a Configuration File”
it asks for
Database Name The name of the database you want to run WP in.
User Name Your MySQL username
Password …and MySQL password.
Database Host You should be able to get this info from your web host, if localhost does not work.
Table Prefix

I enter all information and I enter “localhost:8080” as database host (I think this is the problem but I do not know how ot fix it)
when I press submit, it takes several minutes and then shows a white blank page

Is there anyone has solution to this problem?
Thank you.

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govpatel
(@govpatel)

13 years ago

try just localhost in Db_Host

Thread Starter maysamjahromi
(@maysamjahromi)

13 years ago

I did, no result.
Is it possible that apache conflicts with IIS ?

maoski
(@maoski)

13 years ago

yes iis and apache cant use the same port, turn off iis temporarily. apache wont usually even start if iis is running.

Thread Starter maysamjahromi
(@maysamjahromi)

13 years ago

Hi Maoski,
Thanks for your suggestion but apache starts with IIS running at the same time, but I will try, I will turn off IIS and then try to install wordpress, I will report the result shortly 🙂

Jamal Mohamed
(@jamalmohamed)

13 years ago

I’m not sure if this works, but try to use the MySQL port while entering localhost as DB host:

Databse Host: localhost:3306

deathof
(@deathof)

13 years ago

thank you

Thread Starter maysamjahromi
(@maysamjahromi)

13 years ago

Thank you everyone, your hints helped me to resolve the problem.
That is how I solved the problem:
1- We found out the problem is port number conflict, so first, I needed to know what processes are using port 80

2- I ran “netstat -aon” on cmd and wrote down the PIDs of all processes which local address ends with 80, for example 45.67.89.12:80

3- then I opened task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete), and click on View (from menu) , then click “Selected Columns” and check PID.

4- find the PID you wrote down, on my computer IE and bitTorrent were using port 80 (One friend of mine also said Skype use port 80, I do not have Skype)

5- End all those processes
6- Do not forget to stop SSRS, if you installed. becasue SSRS use port 80.

Then, the problem was solved and I could solve the configuration error.

Thread Starter maysamjahromi
(@maysamjahromi)

13 years ago

but now I have another problem, I passed that page but when I click on “Run Install” It stock, I closed the IE and open it I went to wordpress folder and it only shows a white page without any error message.

govpatel
(@govpatel)

13 years ago

Recheck your database info in wp-config.php

Thread Starter maysamjahromi
(@maysamjahromi)

13 years ago

@govpatel
Thanks for the hint. Exactly, we-config.php was the problem.

Thanks a lot, I finally installed it.

WordPress.org forum is awesome. 🙂

Thank you all

govpatel
(@govpatel)

13 years ago

You are welcome