installation script renders a blank page

Hi

It’s my first time configuring a web server, not to mention installing WordPress on it, so I’m probably doing something wrong.

I’ve installed Apache 2.4 server, installed PHP and enabled it on it, installed a MySql 5.6 server, and even the suggested MySqli 1.1 plugin I found on your page.
Each step of that way ( except for after installing the Apache – I knew I had to have a web server installed first ), I was trying to start the wp-admin/install.php script ( from a localhost of course, I’m omitting the fore part of the address here ).

The error messages I received from the script evolved from the ‘php not enabled’ page, through the ‘no sql database’ to this – a blank page.

Since I’ve nothing more to go on here, I was hoping you could help and tell me what else am I missing.

The thing that has me worried is the mysql connection configuration in my php.ini file:

[MySQL]
; Allow accessing, from PHP's perspective, local files with LOAD DATA statements
; https://php.net/mysql.allow_local_infile
mysql.allow_local_infile = On

; Allow or prevent persistent links.
; https://php.net/mysql.allow-persistent
mysql.allow_persistent = On

; If mysqlnd is used: Number of cache slots for the internal result set cache
; https://php.net/mysql.cache_size
mysql.cache_size = 2000

; Maximum number of persistent links.  -1 means no limit.
; https://php.net/mysql.max-persistent
mysql.max_persistent = -1

; Maximum number of links (persistent + non-persistent).  -1 means no limit.
; https://php.net/mysql.max-links
mysql.max_links = -1

; Default port number for mysql_connect().  If unset, mysql_connect() will use
; the $MYSQL_TCP_PORT or the mysql-tcp entry in /etc/services or the
; compile-time value defined MYSQL_PORT (in that order).  Win32 will only look
; at MYSQL_PORT.
; https://php.net/mysql.default-port
mysql.default_port = 3306

; Default socket name for local MySQL connects.  If empty, uses the built-in
; MySQL defaults.
; https://php.net/mysql.default-socket
mysql.default_socket =

; Default host for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode).
; https://php.net/mysql.default-host
mysql.default_host = localhost

; Default user for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode).
; https://php.net/mysql.default-user
mysql.default_user = 

; Default password for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode).
; Note that this is generally a *bad* idea to store passwords in this file.
; *Any* user with PHP access can run 'echo get_cfg_var("mysql.default_password")
; and reveal this password!  And of course, any users with read access to this
; file will be able to reveal the password as well.
; https://php.net/mysql.default-password
mysql.default_password = 

; Maximum time (in seconds) for connect timeout. -1 means no limit
; https://php.net/mysql.connect-timeout
mysql.connect_timeout = 60

; Trace mode. When trace_mode is active (=On), warnings for table/index scans and
; SQL-Errors will be displayed.
; https://php.net/mysql.trace-mode
mysql.trace_mode = Off

I removed my login credentials, but I have them filled in here, and it still doesn’t work.

Anyway – all help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Piotr Trochim