Title: Installation failure using MAMP
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installation failure using MAMP

 *  [Doug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zonglars/)
 * (@zonglars)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failure-using-mamp/)
 * I’m trying to put a website together for my freelance work as a web and print
   designer, and i wanted to add a blog for news about projects and stuff. I downloaded
   wordpress, unzipped, and tossed it in the root folder of my site on my macbook.
   I started MAMP, pointed it to my site’s folder, and configured the wp-config.
   php file and saved it (if it matters, i used some generated keys in the security
   section). Since i’m using MAMP i used localhost, username root, password root.
   I also made sure to create the MySQL database and made sure the names match. 
   I opened the install.php file in firefox, and… well, i got lots of php code, 
   saying there’s an error.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failure-using-mamp/#post-1376508)
 * See [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Installation_Techniques#Installing_WordPress_Locally](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Installation_Techniques#Installing_WordPress_Locally)
 *  Thread Starter [Doug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zonglars/)
 * (@zonglars)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failure-using-mamp/#post-1376655)
 * Aha! i didn’t link to it through localhost:8888! that’s what i missed. always
   something little… sorta.
 * Thanks esmi.

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 * [MAMP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mamp/)
 * [php code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-code/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Doug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zonglars/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failure-using-mamp/#post-1376655)
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