Problem Upgrading from 2.6.5 to 2.7

Leaving the old WordPress installation there => can you try to install a brand new WordPress installation into a new folder with a new database to see if it works?

I’ve just tried to install it in a subdirectory and run into exactly the same problem. The installer gives me the password and when I click the log in button the problem resurfaces. (The database tables appear to have been created without any problem.)

Is there anyway for you to see Zeus error logs? Maybe ask your host to have a quick look?

Hi Stephen,

I don’t have access to these, but I have also asked my hosting company for assistance. Unfortunately, like many companies, getting help from them is difficult at best. If I can get a useful response from them I shall post the details here in the hope that someone else can benefit.

My hosting company are being more helpful now, but are saying that the problem doesn’t seem to lie with them. I have requested the relevant entries from the server logs, and will post them here if I can get them.

Wonder if you need to expand memory available to PHP.

Methods for increasing the amount of memory a PHP script may consume

1. If you have access to your PHP.ini file, change the line in PHP.ini
If your line shows 8M try 16M:
memory_limit = 16M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (16MB)

2. If you don’t have access to PHP.ini try adding this to an .htaccess file:
php_value memory_limit 16M

3. Talk to your host.

Hi Michael,

Good suggestion – I’ve just tried it and it’s made no difference, though.

I continue to be puzzled and frustrated…

Nick

My hosting company have told me that there is nothing helpful in the logs and declined to provide me with copies. This leaves me completely at a loss as to what to try next. If anybody has any ideas I’d be most grateful.

<?php phpinfo(); ?>
drop that in a .php file and upload it and call it in your browser just to see what the php might be missing

Hi samboll,

As explained earlier, everything that’s not part of WordPress is working perfectly. The above doesn’t tell me anything useful, I’m afraid.

Nick

I’ve had another go at a new install of 2.7 in a subdirectory. Everything works fine until the password is generated and I click the login button – at this point the browser hangs for ages and eventually I’m offered the login PHP script as a download. The database tables seem to have been created without any trouble. After this point all PHP scripts that are part of the new install hang for ages then offer me a download. No other PHP scripts are affected in any way.

If this helps to shed any light I’d still be most grateful for some help.