Title: Installation issues
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installation issues

 *  [typomannn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/typomannn/)
 * (@typomannn)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-17/)
 * I am trying to get WP to run on my local server. Followed the 5min instructions,
   getting this result on install.php page in browser.
 * On line 18 of install, I have
 * require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . ‘/wp-load.php’);
 * I am assuming FILE should b e replaced…I do not seem to find any instructions
   on it.
 * Anyone point me in the right direction.
 * BTW, I just downloaded WP on this machine today.
 * *****browser message******
 * >
    WordPress
 * ERROR: %s’), $error); ?>
 * />
 * ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’
 * ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear
   your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘);} $php_version = phpversion(); $mysql_version
   = $wpdb->db_version(); $php_compat = version_compare( $php_version, $required_php_version,‘
   >=’ ); $mysql_compat = version_compare( $mysql_version, $required_mysql_version,‘
   >=’ ) || file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/db.php’ ); if ( !$mysql_compat && !$
   php_compat ) $compat = sprintf( __(‘You cannot install because WordPress %1$s
   requires PHP version %2$s or higher and MySQL version %3$s or higher. You are
   running PHP version %4$s and MySQL version %5$s.’), $wp_version, $required_php_version,
   $required_mysql_version, $php_version, $mysql_version ); elseif ( !$php_compat)
   $compat = sprintf( __(‘You cannot install because WordPress %1$s requires PHP
   version %2$s or higher. You are running version %3$s.’), $wp_version, $required_php_version,
   $php_version ); elseif ( !$mysql_compat ) $compat = sprintf( __(‘You cannot install
   because WordPress %1$s requires MySQL version %2$s or higher. You are running
   version %3$s.’), $wp_version, $required_mysql_version, $mysql_version ); if (!
   $mysql_compat || !$php_compat ) { display_header(); die(‘ ‘ . __(‘Insufficient
   Requirements’) . ‘
 * ‘ . $compat . ‘
    ‘); } switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // in case people are 
   directly linking to this display_header(); ?>
 * ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just fill in the information
   below and you’ll be on your way to using the most extendable and powerful personal
   publishing platform in the world.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>
 * error) ) wp_die($wpdb->error->get_error_message()); display_header(); // Fill
   in the data we gathered $weblog_title = isset($_POST[‘weblog_title’]) ? stripslashes(
   $_POST[‘weblog_title’]) : ”; $admin_email = isset($_POST[‘admin_email’]) ? stripslashes(
   $_POST[‘admin_email’]) : ”; $public = isset($_POST[‘blog_public’]) ? (int) $_POST[‘
   blog_public’] : 0; // check e-mail address $error = false; if (empty($admin_email)){//
   TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __(‘you must provide an e-mail address.’));
   $error = true; } else if (!is_email($admin_email)) { // TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form(
   __(‘that isn’t a valid e-mail address. E-mail addresses look like: [username@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-17/username@example.com?output_format=md)’));
   $error = true; } if ( $error === false ) { $wpdb->show_errors(); $result = wp_install(
   $weblog_title, ‘admin’, $admin_email, $public); extract($result, EXTR_SKIP); ?
   >
 *  admin
    ‘. $password .’ ‘; } echo ‘
 * ‘. $password_message .’
    ‘; ?>

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 *  [vpsdiscussions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vpsdiscussions/)
 * (@vpsdiscussions)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-17/#post-1456092)
 * I would suggest to check Apache error logs. It will give you clear idea about
   exact issue.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-17/#post-1456098)
 * From [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Common_Installation_Problems](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Common_Installation_Problems)
 * It sounds like PHP isn’t enabled. Check with your host

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-17/#post-1456098)
 * Status: not resolved

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