Title: Getting started troubles
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Getting started troubles

 *  [chrisbloczynski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisbloczynski/)
 * (@chrisbloczynski)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-troubles/)
 * I’ve followed the “Get Started in 5 minutes” instructions… all the way to install.
 * When I click on the /wp-admin/install.php link, I get this garbled message:
 * _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
   $step = 0; header( ‘Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8’ ); ?> > text\_direction)):?
   >_
 * ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’
 * ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear
   your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘); switch($step) { case 0: ?>
 * ReadMe documentation at your leisure.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>
 * Here’s a copy of my config.php (password omitted):
    _ <?php // ** MySQL settings**//
   define(‘DB\_NAME’, ‘chrisbl1\_cbdotcom’); // The name of the database define(‘
   DB\_USER’, ‘chrisbl1\_chrisbl’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB\_PASSWORD’,‘**
   OMITTED**‘); // …and password define(‘DB\_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance 
   you won’t need to change this value define(‘DB\_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); define(‘DB\
   _COLLATE’, ”);
 * // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
   prefix
    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen
   language must be installed to wp-content/languages. // For example, install de.
   mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.
   php’); ?>
 * What have I done wrong?

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-troubles/#post-593666)
 * If you see all that “garbage” it means PHP is not running on your server.
 *  Thread Starter [chrisbloczynski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisbloczynski/)
 * (@chrisbloczynski)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-troubles/#post-593765)
 * How would I go about fixing that problem? Thanks in advance for the help.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-troubles/#post-593767)
 * You cannot do anything about it.
    Does your host offer PHP and MySQL? See the
   [requirements](http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/).
 *  Thread Starter [chrisbloczynski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisbloczynski/)
 * (@chrisbloczynski)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-troubles/#post-593781)
 * I chose Bluehost, one of the recommended hosting services for WordPress.org. 
   I just checked, and it sure does offer PHP and MySQL. I created a MySQL database
   and used that info in my config.php file that I cut and pasted at the top of 
   the thread. I’ll send the Dear John letter that was in the Requirements link 
   you posted, but I’m pretty sure that Bluehost meets the requirements.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-troubles/#post-593783)
 * Oh, I just noticed this:
    **When I click on the /wp-admin/install.php link** 
   Where do you click on that? Actually you do NOT click on anything, you TYPE in
   your address bar this: [http://www.example.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.example.com/wp-admin/install.php)(
   of course, replace example.com with your domain)

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 * [trouble](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/trouble/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-troubles/#post-593783)
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