Title: problem with install.php…config.php not found Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # problem with install.php…config.php not found * [mkerby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkerby/) * (@mkerby) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/) * I am trying to run the install.php file and I am getting this error message….. typing in the web browser (hosting site/blog/wp-admin/install.php * Warning: main(../../wordpress/wp-config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/m/k/e/mkerby67/html/blog/wp-admin/install. php on line 8 * Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘../../wordpress/wp-config.php’ ( include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/content/m/k/e/mkerby67/html/blog/ wp-admin/install.php on line 8 * I have setup the MySQL database and created and uploaded the wp-config.php on my hosting server, so I dont understand why it cant find the config file…… Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 29 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/page/2/?output_format=md) * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594326) * actually .. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594328) * You said: * _I am trying to run the install.php file and I am getting this error message….. typing in the web browser _( * `hosting site/blog/wp-admin/install.php` * its looking for your config here: * `Failed opening required '../../wordpress/wp-config.php'` * which is here: * `hosting site/wordpress/config.php` * so either you mistyped what you are actually using for the url (notice you did NOT include wordpress in your url), or you have done something wrong somewhere else. * What is the url to where you are trying to install this? * Thread Starter [mkerby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkerby/) * (@mkerby) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594333) * the URL is [http://www.musicscissors.com](http://www.musicscissors.com) . I don’t have a folder called wordpress downloaded. * Thread Starter [mkerby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkerby/) * (@mkerby) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594336) * I tried both of these Url’s and the pages don’t exist. * [http://www.musicscissors.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.musicscissors.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php) * [http://www.musicscissors.com/wordpress/blog/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.musicscissors.com/wordpress/blog/wp-admin/install.php) * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594337) * is that a fantastico install? * your config is where it belongs.. * [http://www.musicscissors.com/blog/wp-config.php](http://www.musicscissors.com/blog/wp-config.php) * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594339) * open up wp-admin/install.php * LOOK at line 8, does it say this: * `require_once('../wp-config.php');` * ????? * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594343) * and what is in your .htaccess ? * Thread Starter [mkerby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkerby/) * (@mkerby) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594344) * it says this…… * require_once(‘../../wordpress/wp-config.php’); * Thread Starter [mkerby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkerby/) * (@mkerby) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594346) * [http://www.musicscissors.com/blog/wp-config.php](http://www.musicscissors.com/blog/wp-config.php) * I tried this and it said….. * 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? * If I cant cannot to the database that probably means I cannot install the php? * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594347) * _it says this……_ * `require_once('../../wordpress/wp-config.php');` * thats the problem, change that to what I pasted in my earlier post: * `require_once('../wp-config.php');` * Thread Starter [mkerby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkerby/) * (@mkerby) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594349) * Im still getting an error message???? * Warning: main(../wordpress/wp-config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/m/k/e/mkerby67/html/blog/wp-admin/install.php on line 8 * Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘../wordpress/wp-config.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/content/m/k/e/mkerby67/html/blog/wp-admin/install. php on line 8 * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594350) * you did NOT edit the file..its telling you that. * If you cant edit the file, delete it (wp-admin/install.php) OFF your server and upload a fresh one out of the zip. * Thats not what the standard file looks like it, so either you or someone else has previously changed it. * Edit it, or upload a fresh, correct copy. * Until you do one or the other, what you see isnt going to change * [Kathi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathi/) * (@kathi) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-installphpconfigphp-not-found/#post-594593) * I have been getting the same problem. I have not done anything to change my set other than installed a plugin (real-wysiwyg.) I deactivated the plugin then deleted it. Earlier today the website has been opening fine. I tried uploading a “fresh” install.php file from the zip file. It did not make a difference. What could have possibly gone wrong. * This is the error message I get. * Warning: main(../wp-config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/baylands/public_html/wordpress/wp-admin/install-helper.php on line 2 * Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘../wp-config.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/baylands/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/ plugins/simpleflickr/phpFlickr/PEAR’) in /home/baylands/public_html/wordpress/ wp-admin/install-helper.php on line 2 * I check my (install-helper.php) file it reads as the following. *