Title: Help with local install
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Help with local install

 *  [jpomerantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpomerantz/)
 * (@jpomerantz)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-local-install/)
 * I have WP installed on my hosting service but I want to do a local install so
   I can work on the site without having to go online, and then upload it. So…I 
   followed the directions from the Codex using xampp: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Test_Driving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Test_Driving_WordPress)
   and edited the config.php file but when I try to open the install.php I get an
   error: Error: PHP is not running WordPress requires that your web server is running
   PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off. When I configured
   the config.php file I set my user name and password and database as instructed
   and get this result. I checked in the XAMPP Control Panel and it says it is. 
   I can open php from the internet w/o a problem.
 * Any help would be appreciated or if there is an easier way to do this offline.
 * Jay

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 *  [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * (@dkotter)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-local-install/#post-2430569)
 * Do you know what version of PHP you are running? Older versions of PHP and MySQL
   are not supported by the latest version of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [jpomerantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpomerantz/)
 * (@jpomerantz)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-local-install/#post-2430574)
 * I just loaded it yesterday so i assume it is the current PHP. it was the newest
   xampp file there.
 *  [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * (@dkotter)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-local-install/#post-2430576)
 * Interesting. It sounds like probably a configuration issue then, either with 
   how your database is set up or with how XAMPP is set up. There’s somethings you
   can try that are in this [thread](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-php-is-not-running),
   that hopefully will help.
 *  Thread Starter [jpomerantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpomerantz/)
 * (@jpomerantz)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-local-install/#post-2430580)
 * I read it and re-read it the other day. Went through each step and no go. probably
   going to give up and buy a theme.
 *  [sisireceltic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sisireceltic/)
 * (@sisireceltic)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-local-install/#post-2430587)
 * i think you should format your hole hosting account and re install your wordpress.
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 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
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 * Last reply from: [sisireceltic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sisireceltic/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-local-install/#post-2430587)
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