Install Error! wp-config.php already exists in this location

That is strange… Maybe your browser is caching the page result, the logic basically checks for the file if it finds it then the message is shown.

What else can I do to fix this?

Hey Anavil,

Are you sure you removed it from the correct location? You can try it on other browser. If you still see the message then the file might be cached by PHP. At that point you would need to restart Apache.

I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen that issue reported. The logic checks for the file either it finds it or it doesn’t. Last resort is to remove the installer.php and package.zip file all together and try from another location.

I’m having the exact same problem as anavil. If I try to deploy a New Database it says there are 25 existing tables. If I choose Connect and Remove All Data I get:

server code: 200
status: OK
response:
INSTALL ERROR!
A wp-config.php already exists in this location. This error prevents users from accidentally overwriting the wrong directories contents. You have two options:
–Empty this root directory except for the package and installer and try again.
–Delete just the wp-config.php file and try again. This will over-write all other files in the directory.

No matter what I do it doesn’t work. At one point I got it to run all the way through deployment (don’t know why) and when I went to the site my child theme was deactivated and even after I activated it none of the styles were working, nor were the links.

Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

Hey Whittlesey,

From the data you pasted above it shows that you have a wp-config.php file inside your directory. When you install the site it will need to be in an empty directory with only the installer.php and archive.zip file. Unless under step 1 of the installers advanced options you choose the ‘Manual Extraction’ mode.

Cheers~

Thanks for your response. I am starting with an empty directory containing just the installer.php and archive.zip file. I did get most of it to migrate at one point, but was missing all of the theme options AND strangely it replaced one of my pages with the theme “Sample Page” that I had deleted. And yet, my custom css from the child theme seemed to be there. I’ve compared the files from my computer to what’s online and haven’t been able to detect anything missing. I did try the manual extraction method too, but that didn’t work. Or I didn’t do it correctly.

There’s a local WP Meetup tomorrow night. I’m hoping someone will be able to point me in the right direction. Or I’ll be back!

You may have some cache issues possibly. At this point its a bit tough to tell. If you can hook-up with someone who has performed allot of migrations they could probably pretty easily find out what is happening. You may have them double check your wp-config.php to make sure it all looks correct.

Thxs