Config file not working

  • I unzipped wordpress
    I changed the config file to the right info
    I saved it as wp-config.php
    I opened up the ReadMe html and hit the link to Open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser

    And the page had php all over it – it just looked messed up this is what is said at the top of the page:

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    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.”, “WordPress ? Error”); } require_once(‘../wp-config.php’); require_once(‘./includes/upgrade.php’); if (isset($_GET[‘step’])) $step = $_GET[‘step’]; else $step = 0; header( ‘Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8’ ); ?> >
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    can anyone help me out?

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  • Did you upload your newly-named wp-config.php file to the server by ftp?

    Thread Starter kevinkp7

    (@kevinkp7)

    i’m locally hosting it using MAMP

    Thread Starter kevinkp7

    (@kevinkp7)

    so it’s just my local folder

    Sorry, outside my area of competence (such as it is).

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.ads-software.com Admin

    And the page had php all over it

    My guess is that your server is not configured to run the PHP.

    Thread Starter kevinkp7

    (@kevinkp7)

    i’m not sure what that means

    Thread Starter kevinkp7

    (@kevinkp7)

    my server is running PHP 5 – and my friend is running wordpress with PHP 5…?

    Thread Starter kevinkp7

    (@kevinkp7)

    his works and mine’s not

    Otto42 – Mamp is like Xampp.

    Not sure how much Mac support you’ll get here but confirm for us the path you are using? Does it allow for port as per these instructions? https://michaeldoig.net/4/installing-mamp-and-wordpress.htm

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.ads-software.com Admin

    yeleek: That’s all well and good, but if he’s getting PHP code output to the browser, then it’s still configured incorrectly. Doesn’t matter what it’s “like”.

    Apache is Apache, even when you stick it inside another package.

    The point is Mamp blatantly supports wordpress as the link i pointed to and indeed codex shows. Stating that ‘My guess is that your server is not configured to run the PHP’ doesn’t give a newbie much help does it?

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.ads-software.com Admin

    Stating that ‘My guess is that your server is not configured to run the PHP’ doesn’t give a newbie much help does it?

    Well, what help do you suggest? All I can do is point out that it’s not a WordPress problem and possibly direct him to the support forums for whatever server he’s running.

    I’ve never heard of “MAMP”. I have no idea what it is. So I offer what information I do have: His server is configured incorrectly. Why? Hell if I know. I’d suggest asking on these “MAMP” support forums why their server is configured incorrectly.

    I thought simply telling him what the problem was would be enough. He knows what server he’s running. If he doesn’t know that much, then he shouldn’t be running it. He did say that he’s running it locally, so calling him a “newbie” is unjustified, setting up a server is not a newbie thing to do.

    Either way, these are the WordPress support forums, not the MAMP support forums.

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