Title: install.php does not
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# install.php does not

 *  Resolved [craigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigh/)
 * (@craigh)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not/)
 * Hi I a newbie to this so its probably something really simple but your help would
   be much appreciated.
 * I’ve followed the install instructions and appear to have it correct. Files appear
   to have uploaded to my web server ok and setting appear right but when I go to
   step 5 to run the install script it doesn’t run.
 * Following the steps if I go to [http://loanchecker.com.au/wp-admin/install.php](http://loanchecker.com.au/wp-admin/install.php)
   I get the site can’t be found message. I cn access it however at
    ftp://loanchecker.
   com.au/wp-admin/install.php does this indicate i’ve got it in an incorrect directory?
 * when I access the file it doesn’t run I just open it to see the following
 * Any help would be much appreciated
    ‘w1093’); // Your MySQL username define(‘
   DB_PASSWORD’, ‘ltl874CZZ986’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);//
   99% chance you won’t need to change this value define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); 
   define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
 * // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
   prefix
    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen
   language must be installed to wp-content/languages. // For example, install de.
   mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.
   php’); ?>

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not/#post-587622)
 * for starters, I hope that wasnt your real MySQL username and password– NEVER 
   post a password to a public site, EVER.
 * Look inside your wp-config.php – compare it to the sample inside the zip. Look
   specifically at these lines:
 *     ```
       <?php
       // ** MySQL settings ** //
       define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');    // The name of the database
       define('DB_USER', 'username');     // Your MySQL username
       define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ...and password
       define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
       .......
       .......
       ```
   
 * Either you had a bad paste up above or you edited out stuff inside wp-config.
   php thats necessary.
 * We need to know which before going any further.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not/#post-587624)
 * The fact thats its accessable via your ftp and not your www is due to you having
   uploaded to the wrong place.
 * You uploaded your files to the root of your ftp, NOT the root of your website
   space within your ftp — your website space is going to be inside another directory
   on your ftp — and named something **like** httpdocs, public_html, etc..
 *  Thread Starter [craigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigh/)
 * (@craigh)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not/#post-587625)
 * whooami, thanks heaps for that will go and look at those two points. re password
   thanks for that did see that it copied over but oops it was too late had already
   hit the post button 🙁 will have to change passwrd
 *  Thread Starter [craigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigh/)
 * (@craigh)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not/#post-587633)
 * whooami,
    Thanks heaps for your help. moved files into correct place, found database
   location was incorrect reloaded the config file and its up an going. thanks again,
   cheers

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not/#post-587633)
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