Title: Odd text all over install.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Odd text all over install.php

 *  [Charon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charon/)
 * (@charon)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-text-all-over-installphp/)
 * A little background:
    I am trying to run this on my home computer as my current
   host doesn’t allow MySQL use. I just wanted to play around with it for a while.
   I have Windows ME, I installed and have running Apache 1.31.31 for Windows, and
   PHP 4.3.8 is running according to the Apachie console window. I have MySQL (newest
   4.something for Windows from the MySQL site) installed. I run the MySQLAdmin 
   program and then login and have the MySQL console window running as well. I had
   created a database called wordpress and granted all access to it. I configured
   the wp_config.php file to the correct settings. Yet I get the following above
   the WordPess logo: wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started.
   Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php file through a web 
   interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The safest way is to 
   manually create the file.”); require_once(‘../wp-config.php’); require(‘upgrade-
   functions.php’); if (isset($_GET[‘step’])) $step = $_GET[‘step’]; else $step 
   = 0; ?> Right below the WordPress logo: hide_errors(); $installed = $wpdb->get_results(“
   SELECT * FROM $tableusers”); if ($installed) die(__(‘ You appear to already have
   WordPress installed. If you would like to reinstall please clear your old database
   files first. ‘)); $wpdb->show_errors(); switch($step) { case 0: ?> Welcome to
   WordPress. We’re now going to go through a few steps to get you up and running
   with the latest in personal publishing platforms. Before we get started, remember
   that we require a PHP version of at least 4.1.0, you have . Look good? You also
   need to set up the database connection information in wp-config.php. Have you
   looked at the readme? If you’re all ready, let’s go! It says I already have
   it installed, but this is the first time running the program. Any ideas on how
   to get this page to load properly so I can check it out?

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-text-all-over-installphp/#post-86028)
 * That text could imply that PHP is not correctly installed or talking to mysql.
   
   When you created the databse, did you create any tables inside the database ?
   If you did, drop them. If you did not, there is still a problem. Have you used
   a phpinfo to check that php and mysql are talking to each other properly ? PHP
   Info Paste this into a new Notepad / BBEdit file <?php infophp(); ?> Save as ‘
   info.php’ Upload to server. Visit in your browser (www.example.com/info.php) 
   That will give you info about your php version and lots of other stuff. Check
   it sees the database. It’s a long page on info, so you will need to hunt it down.
 *  Thread Starter [Charon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charon/)
 * (@charon)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-text-all-over-installphp/#post-86109)
 * Hehe… The idiot of the year award goes to me… I was accessing the install.php
   file via Windows Explorer rather then via the localhost. Things are fine now.
   Though there does seem to have been a few errors in the php.ini file that I had
   to fix. Thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [Charon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charon/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-text-all-over-installphp/#post-86109)
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