unable to run install.php

  • Resolved qfrost

    (@qfrost)


    13 years, 10 months ago

    Hey All-

    So I’ve set up a local server using xampp, and everything there is good. Everything checks out, operates as you’d expect. I’ve downloaded and installed wordpress under the htdocs/ directory (which is under the xampplite directory). I’ve created a database called ‘wordpress’, and set the values in the config.php file.

    BUT when I try to access https://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php, I get ‘object not found – the requested URL was not found on this server.’

    How can I troubleshoot this? I’ve tried recreating the config.php, reinstalled wordpress three times, doublechecked the phpadmin page to check that the database ‘wordpress’ exists and has the proper settings based on the tutorial. What would cause the server to NOT see the install.php file? thanks

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  • Thread Starter qfrost

    (@qfrost)

    Okay, I got it working. Here’s what I think the problem was – installing the wordpress directory underneath the xampplite/htdocs dirs INSTEAD of the xampp/htdocs dirs. Also, this might have played a part in the fix, but I stopped and restarted both apache and mysql, and also blew away and recreated the wordpress database, selecting utf8-generic instead of utf8-unicode. Shouldn’t have made a difference, but I include it here for anyone else pounding their head.

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