Title: Error message when going to wp-admin/install.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error message when going to wp-admin/install.php

 *  [yourtakesports](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yourtakesports/)
 * (@yourtakesports)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-going-to-wp-admininstallphp/)
 * I tried to install wordpress on my site, so I uploaded everything by ftp. I believe
   the MySQL database is not configured correctly. I am hosting with godaddy, and
   when I go to wp-admin/install.php I get this message:
 * Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required
   by WordPress.
 * I created a MySQL database but did not do anything else. I altered the config
   php script as described in the install process. I uploaded it to the website 
   and not MySQL which I am assuming is the problem. Do I need to import it?
 * My options on my database are
 * processes
    databases import export
 * Obviously, I’m new to this and completely lost. When I try to import, it asks
   for the text file, which seems incorrect.
 * Please help

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-going-to-wp-admininstallphp/#post-832755)
 * _I uploaded it to the website and not MySQL which I am assuming is the problem._
   
   Don’t assume. No, it should NOT be uploaded to the database. It should be in 
   WP root dir.
 * Are you on Win server or Linux? If Win, switch immediately to Linux.
 *  Thread Starter [yourtakesports](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yourtakesports/)
 * (@yourtakesports)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-going-to-wp-admininstallphp/#post-832786)
 * There are no problems if I am running windows on my computer to switch to linux?
   I was planning on having the site in the root directory of my website, so the
   homepage would be straight to the blog.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-going-to-wp-admininstallphp/#post-832801)
 * Your computer has nothing to do with godaddy’s server. Those are not related 
   at all.
    Nobody should ever use a Win server for hosting.
 *  Thread Starter [yourtakesports](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yourtakesports/)
 * (@yourtakesports)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-going-to-wp-admininstallphp/#post-832803)
 * How do you change from windows to a linux server with godaddy? Do I just have
   to email them and they will change it for me, or is it a setting I can change.
   I have emailed them and requested they change it for me, but could I save time
   and do it myself?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-going-to-wp-admininstallphp/#post-832805)
 * I dont’ know but it has been posted many many times… and the search works:
    [http://wordpress.org/search/godaddy?forums=1](http://wordpress.org/search/godaddy?forums=1)

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