WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.
* And I have XAMPP installed on my system already. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [Kacomp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kacomp/) * (@kacomp) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-in-installation/#post-3856308) * Hi, have you got Skype running? If so switch it off and try again. * [techfellas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techfellas/) * (@techfellas) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-in-installation/#post-3856309) * Hello, * For WordPress installation requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off and that’s why you face this issue. * Contact your hosts. It’s a server issue. * Thread Starter [moreshion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moreshion/) * (@moreshion) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-in-installation/#post-3856311) * [@kacomp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kacomp/), yea i got skype running on my system will try switching it off and see if its gonna work. tnx [@techfellas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techfellas/) my server has PHP installed on it and its running, tnx * [imagekarthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imagekarthik/) * (@imagekarthik) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-in-installation/#post-3856317) * Hi, * Another Solution : * Change Skype port number it will work both. * Thanks Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Difficulty in installation’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/) * 4 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [imagekarthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imagekarthik/) * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-in-installation/#post-3856317) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics