Title: Cannot run install.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Cannot run install.php

 *  [desertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertman/)
 * (@desertman)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/)
 * Hi there,
 * Today I re-installed a complete WordPress 2.1.2 package with the “Famous 5-minute
   install”. The first 4 steps went ok, but when I want to run url/wp-admin/install.
   php I get the error message “The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration
   and was unable to complete your request.
 * Moreover, when I go with my browser to url/wp-config.php the content of this 
   file is shown as text – with database name, user name and password.
 * I then created a brand new database with a different name on the server, changed
   wp-config accordingly and tried again. The same thing happens again: I get an
   internal error when calling /url/wp-content/install.php and I get the content
   of wp-config shown in my browser when calling this file.
 * Before I re-installed the blog was running ok.
 * Can anybody here give me hints what I’m doing wrong? Thanks a lot!
 * desertman

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 *  Thread Starter [desertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertman/)
 * (@desertman)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-540948)
 * … I’m wondering, since I see the content of php files as text, – could it be 
   that I “lost” all php functionalities (or so)?
 *  [patriciakalil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patriciakalil/)
 * (@patriciakalil)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541046)
 * Hi all,
 * It is the first time I am installing WP. The first 4 steps was okay, than I went
   to the last one: ..//wp-admin/install.php and I encountered a similar problem.
 * When I click on INSTALL on my browser, it showed a page of error with the following
   message:
 * “
    Warning: require_once(..//wp-settings.php) [function.require-once]: failed
   to open stream: No such file or directory in ..//wp-config.php on line 20
 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘..//
   wp-settings.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php’) in ..//wp-config.
   php on line 20″
 * What am I doing wrong?
 * I am looking forward to hearing from you, WPeers!
    I have no idea of what to 
   do now. Thanks a lot, Patricia.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541048)
 * Welcome Patricia; typically your problem is a result of the files not uploading
   completely/successfully.
 * You might want to delete and reupload the WordPress files.
 * Additional resources:
    [Using_Filezilla](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Filezilla)
   [Uploading_WordPress_to_a_remote_host](http://codex.wordpress.org/Uploading_WordPress_to_a_remote_host)
 *  Thread Starter [desertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertman/)
 * (@desertman)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541051)
 * Hello again,
 * After contacting the hosting company I got now this answer from them:
 * “We have examined your issue and it appears that your .htaccess file is coded
   improperly. We disabled the .htaccess file and uploaded test php and php5 files
   and there were no issues. Please correct your .htaccess file and you should no
   longer experience these issues.”
 * How do I do this? I did reinstall the whole package already (from a newly unzipped
   original download) – that did not help. I also have to say that I don’t know 
   what this .htaccess file is and where it normally would be (I just know that 
   it must be an invisible file).
 * Is this a file that is on the server only, or is it also somewhere on my computer?
   What should be in it?
 * Thanks for your help … hopefully!
 * desertman
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541052)
 * [@desertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertman/)
 * Well you could just rename .htaccess to htaccess.hold.
 *  Thread Starter [desertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertman/)
 * (@desertman)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541053)
 * Michael,
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * Where would I do this? On the server? In the directory where the blog is, or 
   above? How do I rename an invisible file on the server?
 * And, when I rename this file, does that mean that a new one gets generated automatically?
 * desertman
 *  Thread Starter [desertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertman/)
 * (@desertman)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541054)
 * … ok, in Dreamweaver I can see this file locally and on the server in the root
   directory of the site (before I was only looking with my ftp client and did not
   see it).
 * Now, should I rename it locally, wait for a new one to appear and then put it
   onto the server?
 * desertman
 *  Thread Starter [desertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertman/)
 * (@desertman)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541056)
 * I figured that this file is not neccessary and renamed it, both locally and on
   the server. Now the blog works. The rest of the website hopefully, too.
 * Thanks for the help.
 * The questions remain why there was this .htaccess file in the first place and
   what might have corrupted it.
 * desertman
 *  [patriciakalil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patriciakalil/)
 * (@patriciakalil)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541058)
 * Thank you, Michael!!
 *  Thread Starter [desertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertman/)
 * (@desertman)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541060)
 * Hello again,
 * Below is the text from the now disabled .htaccess file. It has obviously been
   put there by the previous webmaster (I just took this website over).
 * The reason why PHP and the blog did not work seems to be that I changed the name
   of the sub-directory where the blog files are in.
 * Is here someone who understands such a file? Would it make sense to put this 
   file (with the correct directory name) into action again?
 * desertman
 * **********************************************
    # -FrontPage-
 * IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
 * <Limit GET POST>
    order deny,allow deny from all allow from all </Limit> <Limit
   PUT DELETE> order deny,allow deny from all </Limit> AuthName [http://www.domainname.com](http://www.domainname.com)
   AuthUserFile /home/xxxxxx/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd AuthGroupFile /home/
   xxxxxx/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php.
   html .htm
 * <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 * RewriteEngine On
 * RewriteBase /OldDirectoryName/
 * RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 * RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 * RewriteRule . /OldDirectoryName/index.php [L]
 * </IfModule>
    **********************************************
 *  [arabrab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arabrab/)
 * (@arabrab)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541076)
 * I’ve got about the same problem as Patricia, only different numbers:
 * Warning: require_once(ABSPATH/wp-admin/admin-functions.php) [function.require-
   once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /storage/…../public/
   sites/www.bruddstyker.nl/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php on line 5
 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘ABSPATH/
   wp-admin/admin-functions.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear’)
   in /storage/…../public/sites/www.bruddstyker.nl/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php
   on line 5
 * It’s a complete new installation, but it just won’t work. Very weird. Tried it
   with three different FTP-programs.
 * On the site of my blog I get the following message:
    Fatal error: Call to undefined
   function wp() in /storage/…../public/sites/www.bruddstyker.nl/wp-blog-header.
   php on line 16
 *  [petpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petpro/)
 * (@petpro)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541098)
 * I am getting the error that I cannot connect to the database.
    there doesn’t 
   happen to be a SQL db guide for godaddy users is there?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541117)
 * Might read this:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/90720?replies=12](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/90720?replies=12)

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-run-installphp/#post-541117)
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