Title: Error message when running install.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Error message when running install.php

 *  [tephirax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tephirax/)
 * (@tephirax)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-running-installphp/)
 * ***************************
    I do believe I’m in the running for the Newb of 
   the Year award. My FTP programme just missed out a couple of files at random,
   which is exactly what the error code was telling me.
 * Ho hum. Sorry for wasting peoples’ time!
    *************************** ————————–
   I’ve been trying to install WordPress on a Fasthosts server, but I’ve been coming
   up with a couple of error messages when trying to run install.php. My wp-config
   file looks like this:
 * > <?php
   >  // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘BlogDatabase’); // The
   > name of the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘MyUsername’); // Your MySQL username
   > define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘MyPassword’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘213.171.218.254’);//
   > 99% chance you won’t need to change this value define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
   > define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
 * with the rest being unchanged from normal. I was advised by Fasthosts that my
   hostname could either be the above ip or mysql254.
 * Unfortunately, when I run install.php, I get a white screen with the following
   errors:
 * > Warning: main(/home/fhlinux183/g/generationminusone.com/user/htdocs/wp-includes/
   > wp-db.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
   > in /home/fhlinux183/g/generationminusone.com/user/htdocs/wp-settings.php on
   > line 100
   > Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/fhlinux183/
   > g/generationminusone.com/user/htdocs/wp-includes/wp-db.php’ (include_path=’.:/
   > usr/share/pear’) in /home/fhlinux183/g/generationminusone.com/user/htdocs/wp-
   > settings.php on line 100
 * I don’t believe I’ve made any silly mistakes, but it’s certainly quite possible.
   Any advice on resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated!
 * Cheers,
 * Teph

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-running-installphp/#post-601318)
 * [http://www.generationminusone.com/wp-includes/wp-db.php](http://www.generationminusone.com/wp-includes/wp-db.php)
 * not there — needs to be.
 * Look at the error:
 * Failed opening required ‘/blah/htdocs/wp-includes/wp-db.php’

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 * Last reply from: [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-running-installphp/#post-601318)
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