/wp-admin/install.php does nothing

  • bunkertor7

    (@bunkertor7)


    16 years ago

    Hello there,

    The 5 minute installation of WordPress has become a five hour installation and counting :-/

    I created a MySQL database for wordpress on my webserver. I downloaded and unzipped WordPress. Edited and saved the wp-config.php file with the right DB_name, user, password, host and charset. And uploaded all the files to my FTP-server with FileZilla. So far so good. No problems here.

    But at first when I tried to open the /wp-admin/install.php file it only opened my note pad with a large string of codex beginning with: <?php
    /**
    * WordPress Installer
    *
    * @package WordPress
    * @subpackage Administration
    */

    /**
    * We are installing WordPress.
    *
    * @since unknown
    * @var bool
    */
    define(‘WP_INSTALLING’, true); And more.

    I guess the problem here is that somehow the php filetype opens standard in notepad. So I tried ‘open with’ and I choose ‘Internet explorer’. The installfile now opens internet explorer and I get the question (from windows) if I want to open or save it. So I click ‘open’, but nothing happens.

    Does anyone have an idea why nothing happens?

    I work with Windows Vista Home premium. Downloaded the latest version of WordPress (two days ago).

    Sincerely,

    Roger

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  • Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    16 years ago

    Contact your host and ask them about the proper method for enabling the php handler for your web space.

    Thread Starter bunkertor7

    (@bunkertor7)

    16 years ago

    Thanks for giving the tip to contact my host. My host pointed me to the possibility to use an installationprogram on the controlpanel of my webspace. I only had to click on ‘install WordPress’ and the program installed it for me. Ha!

    So, hint for everyone having problems with installing WordPress: before downloading WordPress and trying to install it: check the controlpanel of your webspace if there is an installationprogram included.

    Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    16 years ago

    Glad to hear you got it going! Don’t forget to check and make sure that your host is providing you with the most recent release of WordPress. Older releases contain some well known vulnerabilities.

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