Title: Installation: Install.php doens’t do anything
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installation: Install.php doens’t do anything

 *  [donaldnorris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donaldnorris/)
 * (@donaldnorris)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-installphp-doenst-do-anything/)
 * When i click on install.php (which I just transferred to my server) I get this
   coming up in my browser and nothing happens. Any thoughts???
 * <?php
    define(‘WP_INSTALLING’, true); if (!file_exists(‘../wp-config.php’)) {
   require_once(‘../wp-includes/compat.php’); require_once(‘../wp-includes/functions.
   php’); wp_die(“There doesn’t seem to be a `wp-config.php` file. I need this before
   we can get started. Need more help? [We got it](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php).
   You can [create a `wp-config.php` file through a web interface](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-installphp-doenst-do-anything/setup-config.php?output_format=md),
   but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create
   the file.”, “WordPress › Error”);

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-installphp-doenst-do-anything/#post-715350)
 * Yes, your server does not have php on it.
 *  [healthcareonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/healthcareonline/)
 * (@healthcareonline)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-installphp-doenst-do-anything/#post-715368)
 * yup… check that PHP is running on your server.
 * but you can also verify that you changed the wp-config file.
 * I think there is a sample file called wp-config-sample.

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 * Last reply from: [healthcareonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/healthcareonline/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-installphp-doenst-do-anything/#post-715368)
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