Install ends up with a blank page!

  • This is my first time ever installing the WP.
    Here is a problem. When I install the WP, step 1, 2 go fine. Then I get to the third screen where I enter my URL. I click the button, and I am supposed to get a generated password.
    But I get “Page cannot be found” built in IE error (it’s actually an empty return page – IE returns the same error message for all errors). I tried tracing the headers and it seems that the script does not return anything at all. Browser does 2 requests, but nothing returned. And it happens real fast too. Browser does not hang or anything. It happens instantly. I tried FF too – same thing.
    I tried opening other files, like edit.php and post.php – same thing, just an emtpy page. When I say empty page, I mean that there are not even HTTP headers that get returned – nothing!
    I wrote a small sample script <?php phpinfo() ?> and it works fine. And I know that other php scripts also work fine on the server… PHP and MySQL meet the requirements.
    Everything seems to be in tackt… I don’t get this one at all…

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  • I encountered precisely the same problem. I installed five different Blog/CMS packages on my PowerBook over the past two days so that I could compare their features. Al of them installed smoothly except WordPress.
    Everything went fine until the third page of the install came back empty, just as noted above.
    No errors in the logs, all of the tables appear to be created. Any attempts to troubleshoot returned a page stating that the software was already installed, but I have no password to work with.
    Everything as posted above.
    Any solution yet?

    Thread Starter moltar

    (@moltar)

    Found a similar problem someone faced: https://www.ads-software.com/support/2/11577
    Haven’t tested it yet, but I guess I am not alone…!

    Thread Starter moltar

    (@moltar)

    And that actually did work so far… I have to use it for a bit to see if any errors actually get produced. But install went smooth, I was able to login, front page works… Looks good.

    I too am installing this on my Powerbook with PHP 5.0.1 and MySQL 4.0.22, and it only displays the step 3 heading. I tried the hack in moltar’s link above, but it still failed to work.

    For a Debian install that results in a blank page the solution is:
    apt-get install php4-mysql
    followed by:
    /etc/init.d/apache restart
    Quick and painless.

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