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1. msolaria
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm trying to install wordpress on my website. I've set up the FTP client and uploaded all the files I downloaded to install 2.9. The fifth step of the installation readme says:

   Open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums with as much data as you can gather.

   When I do this, I get a mess.

   ERROR: %s'), $error); ?>

   />

   '.__('Already Installed').'

   '.__('You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.').'
   ');} switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // in case people are directly linking to this display_header(); ?>

   It goes on with more, which I can provide as well.
   I have not myself installed wordpress on my website yet. All I have done so far is to change the wp-config-sample.php file and insert the information it asks for, and then upload it all via FTP. I am admittedly inexperienced with website construction, so please feel free to ask me what may seem to you like obvious questions. For all I know I may have uploaded them all to the wrong directory or something of that sort.

   Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

2. Robert Chapin (miqrogroove)
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   That's pretty messed up. :P Could you do us a favor and paste the page source instead of the visible message?

3. Robert Chapin (miqrogroove)
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Also, check your PHP error log file.

4. wp-setup
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have the same kind of wordpress set up problem. Following is the error message that i got:

   >

   ERROR: %s'), $error); ?>

   />

   '.__('Already Installed').'
   '.__('You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.').'

   ');} $php_version = phpversion(); $mysql_version = $wpdb->db_version(); $php_compat = version_compare( $php_version, $required_php_version, '>=' ); $mysql_compat = version_compare( $mysql_version, $required_mysql_version, '>=' ) || file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db.php' ); if ( !$mysql_compat && !$php_compat ) $compat = sprintf( __('You cannot install because WordPress %1$s requires PHP version %2$s or higher and MySQL version %3$s or higher. You are running PHP version %4$s and MySQL version %5$s.'), $wp_version, $required_php_version, $required_mysql_version, $php_version, $mysql_version ); elseif ( !$php_compat ) $compat = sprintf( __('You cannot install because WordPress %1$s requires PHP version %2$s or higher. You are running version %3$s.'), $wp_version, $required_php_version, $php_version ); elseif ( !$mysql_compat ) $compat = sprintf( __('You cannot install because WordPress %1$s requires MySQL version %2$s or higher. You are running version %3$s.'), $wp_version, $required_mysql_version, $mysql_version ); if ( !$mysql_compat || !$php_compat ) { display_header(); die('
   ' . __('Insufficient Requirements') . '
   ' . $compat . '

   '); } switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // in case people are directly linking to this display_header(); ?>
   ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just fill in the information below and you’ll be on your way to using the most extendable and powerful personal publishing platform in the world.'), '../readme.html'); ?>

   error) ) wp_die($wpdb->error->get_error_message()); display_header(); // Fill in the data we gathered $weblog_title = isset($_POST['weblog_title']) ? stripslashes($_POST['weblog_title']) : ''; $admin_email = isset($_POST['admin_email']) ? stripslashes($_POST['admin_email']) : ''; $public = isset($_POST['blog_public']) ? (int) $_POST['blog_public'] : 0; // check e-mail address $error = false; if (empty($admin_email)) { // TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __('you must provide an e-mail address.') ); $error = true; } else if (!is_email($admin_email)) { // TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __('that isn’t a valid e-mail address. E-mail addresses look like: username@example.com') ); $error = true; } if ( $error === false ) { $wpdb->show_errors(); $result = wp_install($weblog_title, 'admin', $admin_email, $public); extract($result, EXTR_SKIP); ?>

   admin

   '; } echo '
   '. $password_message .'

   '; ?>

   I have tried to delete the database and set up a new one in the config file. Wonder where it takes the reference to the database from
   Can anyone help me resolve the issue..

5. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Generally when you start seeing PHP garbage like that, it means you don't have PHP set up.

   Try making a PHPinfo() page. If you don't know how, I put up some directions here: http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Ipstenu/How_to_create_a_phpinfo()_page

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