Blank page on install – I’ve tried everything and still nothing

I could find a lot of posts on this forum about this subject, and tried them all. And still I keep getting that stupid blank page. I’m desperate by now.

I have a fresh and empty new host, doing a fresh install of wordpress 2.5 over MySql 4.1.20 and PHP Version 5.0.4.

Here’s some of the tips I found (and didn’t work for me):

The website host discovered that the PHP settings for my blog on the server had safe_mode turned on. Once safe_mode was disabled it worked fine.

My safe mode is disabled, according to my host.

“Tried joecwhite’s idea (edited the index.php file) and noticed that the directory for wp-blog-header.php was:
require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);
I changed it to:
require(‘wp-blog-header.php’);
and now everything works!!

Lucky you… I’m still with a blanck.

You might also try re-uploading the core WordPress files, as occasionally when someone sets up WordPress not all of the files get transferred, creating these kinds of errors.

It would be too easy…

check to see if you have the file .htaccess in the root folder of your domain name.
if you have check to see if the following line is there
php_value zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off
if it isn’t try adding that line

There was no .htaccces, I created one and added the line. And the blank page suddently turned…. blank.

he error was an attempt to allocate 23040 bytes after the maximum memory was used. While you are editing the php.ini file, change the ‘memory_limit’ variable to something larger than the default 8M. I chose 20M and the install ran perfectly. If you don’t have access to your php.ini I guess you are hosed.

Accordingly to my host, this still not the problem.

fixing it :
in php.ini : option log error in a file (don’t remember the exact syntaxe)
-> log_error : On
-> specify a filename for logerror some line after
done.
restart a fresh install
worked with a 2.5 rc1 + php5 + mysql5

Sorry, no access to php.ini.

I believe its because the function is crashing on mysql_fetch_field the faulty code is :
wp-includes/wp-db.php
between lines 254 to 257 :
while ($i < @mysql_num_fields($this->result)) {
$this->col_info[$i] = mysql_fetch_field($this->result);
$i++;
}
if you comment it you would have sorta working

Great, if I comment all the lines in all the files, it will “sorta” working too…. Didn’t even tried this one, it seems to me that skiping code may cause cause more damage than good.

I deleted the old .htacess file. It’s not visible in my usual ftp client. I had to invoke ftp from a command line and ran “delete .htaccess”. Be careful if there are some other bits on your site that may already use this file, make sure you know what you are doing.

One tells me to create, another says “delete”. Obviousely, I got back to the starting point.

It could be extra space in the wp-config file before the opening <?php or after the closing ?>

No.

I deleted all my files, reinstalled version [2.3.3] and opened my //domain.org/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php instead of install.php. After uploading your files, DO NOT install “/wp-admin/install.php”… only upgrade.php to preserve your DB. I had a confirmation of an OK upgrade;

Actually, this one seamed promissing… but it was not.

open up the .htaccess file within the accounts public_html folder and add the following line to it:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php
Once you put that in, WordPress will magically work

It didn’t… yet it was the only one who gave me a different result.
The page was not blank anymore, but shows some strange code:

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.

Create a Configuration File"); require('../wp-config.php'); timer_start(); require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php'); if (isset($_GET['step'])) $step = (int) $_GET['step']; else $step = 0; @header('Content-Type: ' . get_option('html_type') . '; charset=' . get_option('blog_charset')); ?> >

followed by WP logo.

This, in the “upgrading” version. When trying the “install” from fresh, it shows some more strange code and tags, along with the boxes to fill (I guess) the blog name and email, and the button… that unfortunely doesn’t work.
So I’m still stucked.

For those with the same problem: You have now a short-cut to the solutions presented in this forum.

For all who managed to make it work:
PLEASE HELP ME!!!! <desperate cry>