Yet another Step 2 blank page issue

  • Environment:
    – Windows 10 Home x64
    – Apache 2.4.29 x64
    – PHP 7.3.1
    – MySQL Community Server 5.7.2
    – WordPress 5.0.3
    – Local install

    Fresh install on a machine that’s never had WordPress installed on it.
    I have successfully and painlessly installed WordPress on local and remote machines a couple hundred times the past 20 years. This is the first time I’ve seen this issue: Blank page on Step 2 of the install. No error messages, nothing… just blank white page.

    In php.ini I made these changes:
    max_execution_time increased to 300
    memory_limit increased to 256MB

    In wp_config_sample.php I added/changed these lines:
    error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set(‘display_errors’, 1);
    define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true);
    define( ‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘256M’ );

    No luck. I still don’t even get an error message…??

    Tried renaming wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php, then entered the required information, including the salts, and WordPress throws this at me: “Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file to your WordPress installation.”

    I thought WP was able to work with a pre-configured config file?

    I have spent almost three hours Googling and trying suggestions from many sources – including here at the WP forums, but nothing is working. Is there ANYTHING else I can try?
    Is there anything in my Apache config or MySQL setup that could be doing this?

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  • I agree with you, spent 3 days on this, uninstalled – reinstalled – amended ALL PHP’s, pulling my hair out.
    Steve

    Hi,

    As you stated you’re installing WordPress on new fresh machine, this tells me you’re also fresh installing the WordPress environment (Apache, MySQL, etc).

    Have you checked that whether your MySQL user do not have proper permission? If so, you have to grand all privileges to mysql user , and make sure you are using correct username and password.

    Because I was just installed the WordPress v5.0.3 with the same environment as you (using Laragon, just different Apache version). It’s work fine.

    Let me know

    Please check the permissions and make sure to login as user, ‘not root’, when uploading files. I had a similar issue and this worked for me.

    Thread Starter cbiweb

    (@cbiweb)

    @pramadiputra I did not state that it’s a fresh machine.

    @kinjalk This is not related to logging in, it is related to setting up.

    Thread Starter cbiweb

    (@cbiweb)

    Still could use some help with this. I cannot install WP on my dev machine and that’s not good.

    Hi,
    Use Local by Flywheel or Laragon for WordPress.

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