Got this as an error message – what am I missing

  • bbqsauce112

    (@bbqsauce112)


    16 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks for the help in advance — I have my domain already, got my FTP stuff and password all in a row already.
    This is the error message that I get when i open
    /wp-admin/install.php

    It says in firefox —

    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.”, “WordPress › Error”); } require_once(‘../wp-config.php’); require_once(‘./upgrade-functions.php’); if (isset($_GET[‘step’])) $step = $_GET[‘step’]; else $step = 0; header( ‘Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8’ ); ?> > text_direction) ) : ?>
    WordPress
    ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’

    ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘); switch($step) { case 0: ?>

    ReadMe documentation at your leisure.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>

    ERROR: please type your e-mail address”)); } else if (!is_email($admin_email)) { die(__(“ERROR: the e-mail address isn’t correct”)); } ?>

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  • Hafiz Rahman

    (@hafiz)

    16 years, 7 months ago

    Hi, is this a completely new blog? If the page churn out php script like that there might be an error in uploading some of the files.

    If it’s a new one (no content/plugin/theme uploaded whatsoever) I think it’s safe to reupload all the WordPress files, overwriting the old files. Hopefully this cleans up the problem.

    Thread Starter bbqsauce112

    (@bbqsauce112)

    16 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks, will try that. It is a completely new set up.

    seandunderdale

    (@seandunderdale)

    16 years, 7 months ago

    Hi, Ive been trying to install WP over the last couple of days and had the same problem. I asked a friend at work today about that error message and he said it was a result of trying to access a PHP doc through the ftp address. Resulting in it bypassing the front end browser bit that deals with PHP through a standard www web address. So when I try to access the install.php through http://www.mydomain/wordpress/install.php for eg. I get the Error establishing a database connection page as opposed to a page of text mixed with PHP code.

    Doesnt really help the situation but seemed to clear up what was happening.

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