New User – Couple Issues after 1st Time IIS Install

headers already sent info = https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Answers-Troubleshooting

Thanks for the link but the “headers already sent” problems are caused by the “Notice: Undefined index: REQUEST_URI in in wp-settings.php”

I did find this post https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/164618?replies=36

According to OTTO it was supposed to have been fixed in 2.5.1 but it doesn’t appear to be. I’m having that exact issue.

I also don’t think it’s finding my default theme, because I find it incredibly hard to believe the default theme would look as bland as this
https://www.alaron-nuclear.com/blog/

I made a small amount of progress with this. Right before line 81 I hard coded the directory where WP resides and it elliminated the Undefined index: REQUEST_URI errors. So the code now looks like

// Append the query string if it exists and isn't null
		if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) && !empty($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
		    $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = "blog/";
			$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] .= '?' . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
		}

I did that because the .= operator was supposed to concatenate something but there was nothing being concatenated. I took a guess and it worked. Then to further troubleshoot, I replaced blog with $_SERVER[‘PATH_INFO’] and the error returned, but instead of “Undefined index: REQUEST_URI” the error is

Undefined index: PATH_INFO in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\blog\wp-settings.php on line 81

So apparently at that point in the script PATH_INFO is undefined.

So temporarily I’m leaving it hardcoded as “blog/” To keep that error out of the way.

Although it cleared up that error, I still have about half the links, both on the index page and in the admin dashboard where the “blog” directory is being replaced with “?step=2” I have no idea where that is coming from, but I’ll keep looking.

And could someone please check my blog link and tell me if that’s what a default WP install is supposed to look like? I just am having a hard time believing that’s the stock default theme.

Added note. It also eliminates the error if I use ABSPATH there

// Append the query string if it exists and isn't null
		if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) && !empty($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
		    $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = ABSPATH;
			$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] .= '?' . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
		}

Well, thanks anyway guys, but I got tired of farting around with this trying to get it to work on IIS and not getting any assistance here. So I installed b2evolution instead. It installed perfectly in less time than the “famous five minute install”. I left the status of this unresolved because it isn’t really. My first choice was WordPress, but I had to get something working. You can close this if you want.

glad you found a solution. no that’s not the default theme, that’s just the db.

Hi All. First post. Just tried to install word press at work for a new project and got the same problem as above. After installation I was told it was successful, however I got the “Notice: Undefined index: REQUEST_URI in D:\sites\mysite.co.uk\www\wordpressblog\wp-settings.php on line 81″ php error and when I log in there are no styles at all, just basic markup. Any suggestions would be really helpful. Many thanks, Mike.

OK – Problem solved. Just did a fresh install of 2.3.3 and it all worked fine. Obviously more stable than the newer versions. Thanks anyway guys.

Got this solution from hours of research in these forums, cant remember who gave this solution, but finally this works for brinkster hosting with windows IIS.

commented code is old code (wp-settings.php)

// Some IIS + PHP configurations puts the script-name in the path-info (No need to append it twice)
		if ( isset($_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO']) ) {
			if ( $_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'] == $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] )
				$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'];
			else
			$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] . $_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'];
		}
		// Some IIS + PHP configurations puts the script-name in the path-info (No need to append it twice)
		//if ( isset($_SERVER['PATH_INFO']) ) {
		//	if ( $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] == $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] )
		//		$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'];
		//	else
		//		$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] . $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'];
		//}