Title: install.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# install.php

 *  [docwald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docwald/)
 * (@docwald)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-3/)
 * I uploaded the wordpress files to my public directory with the remaned install.
   php as instructed. However, when I try to open it in my IE browser with the path:
   
   [http://spiritcommunity.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://spiritcommunity.com/wp-admin/install.php)
   OR [http://spiritcommunity.com/public/wp-admin/install.php](http://spiritcommunity.com/public/wp-admin/install.php)
 * I get no results. What should I do to fix this?
 * Dr. Wald

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 *  [techwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techwench/)
 * (@techwench)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-3/#post-215561)
 * It’s not going to find install.php if you renamed it.
 *  Thread Starter [docwald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docwald/)
 * (@docwald)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-3/#post-215563)
 * The sceond post was an accident. Sorry!
 * The instructions specifically state in step 3:
 * 1. Download and unzip the WordPress package, if you haven’t already.
    2. Create
   a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has 
   all privileges for accessing and modifying it. 3. Rename the wp-config-sample.
   php file to wp-config.php. 4. Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor
   and fill in your database details.
 * Subsequently, I found I used the wrong path. It is: [http://www.spiritcommunity.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.spiritcommunity.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)
 * The message there is:
    Error establishing a database connection This either means
   that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect
   or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s
   database server is down.
 * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    Are you sure that you
   have typed the correct hostname? Are you sure that the database server is running?
 * Hence, step 2 seems to be my problem. I don’t understand what I need to do about
   setting up the database, as I never worked with that part of my server before.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-3/#post-215567)
 * Do you have cpanel / vdeck or plesk with your host ? If so, look on the left 
   here:
    [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/)
 * and don’t forget the fantastic Codex:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress#Installation](http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress#Installation)

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## Tags

 * [create database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/create-database/)
 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-3/#post-215567)
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