Title: Installation Issues
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installation Issues

 *  [jjreesman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jjreesman/)
 * (@jjreesman)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-8/)
 * When ever I open Install.php in my browser, the page opens up, but i get this
 * > \WordPress
 * ERROR: %s’), $error); ?>
    <?php echo ( isset($_POST[‘weblog_title’]) ? esc_attr(
   $_POST[‘weblog_title’]) : ” ); ?>
 *  <?php echo ( isset($_POST[‘admin_email’]) ? esc_attr($_POST[‘admin_email’]) :”);?
   >
 * checked=”checked” />
 * ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’
 * ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear
   your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘);} switch($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-8/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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 *  [John H](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbloghost/)
 * (@wpbloghost)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-8/#post-1131870)
 * Looks like it’s telling you that you already have a WP installation where you’re
   trying to install WordPress. Make sure you don’t. Second, make sure you have 
   an empty database for the install.
 *  [sprasetya_bmp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sprasetya_bmp/)
 * (@sprasetya_bmp)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-8/#post-1131917)
 * I have the same problem as Reesman.
    I dont quite get it when it says in the “
   readme” instruction (Step 4) that tells you to upload it. Where should I upload
   it to and how?
 * From the reply by wpbloghost saying that I already have a WP installation, I 
   have never used wordpress before. I tried to find in the remove programs (Windows
   XP), but didnt have any name under WordPress. How can I find and uninstall the
   program and how to empty database for the install?
 * Please help….
    Thank you
 *  [hand-1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hand-1/)
 * (@hand-1)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-8/#post-1132310)
 * Hi Guys,
 * looks like the PHP scripts aren’t executed probably.
 * Two reasons for that:
 * 1. You don’t have PHP installed and/or configured correctly with your web server.
 * 2. You double clicked the readme.html within the explorer, so the URL in you 
   web browser looks like this (probably the URL will look different on your system),
   after you clicked the link in step 5. of the installation guide:
 * _file:///c:/xampp/htdocs/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php_
 * (The PHP scripts won’t be interpreted by your web server …)
 * If the first case kicks in search the web for an install tutorial.
    If the second
   case is your problem, than change this URL to:
 * _[http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)_
 * h.a.n.d

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [hand-1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hand-1/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-issues-8/#post-1132310)
 * Status: not resolved

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