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  • Resolved gelform

    (@gelform)


    I’m installing wordpress for a client, so it’s on a “personal” Windows/IIS plan account at aplus.net. I’ve uploaded WP, created the database, changed the config file. When I go to the wp-admin/install.php page, all I get is a blank page – no errors, no HTML generated. Any ideas?

    Thanks.

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  • Is there anything in the servers error log?

    Thread Starter gelform

    (@gelform)

    That’s a very good question. Where is the error log on a Windows server?

    Thread Starter gelform

    (@gelform)

    My php.ini was not configured to show errors. So the script was dying, but not giving me any info. I added this to the top of install.php and it told me the problem.

    ini_set(‘display_errors’, 1);
    ini_set(‘log_errors’, 1);
    ini_set(‘error_log’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/error_log.txt’);
    error_reporting(E_ALL);

    pbspirits

    (@pbspirits)

    I got rid of blank page by ensuring my server setting: ‘PHP Safe Mode’ was set to off. I searched high and low for this answer and finally figured it out and am doing a little paying-it-forward 🙂

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