Installation HELL!!!

  • I am trying to install WordPress 3.03 on my iMac running Snow Leopard 10.6.5 and Safari 5.03 and I have read the readme file. And I’ve read it again, and I’ve read it again.

    I created a page called test.php, with the following code:

    <?php phpinfo(); ?>

    and I saved it in Macintosh HD:Library:WebServer:Documents.

    When I type https://localhost/test.php into Safari 5.03 I see that “PHP Version 5.5.3” is running and see all the details about it.

    I downloaded Word Press 3.03 and when I run wp-admin/install.php it defaults to opening in DreamWeaver CS4 and I see the following:

    “Error: PHP is not running

    WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.”

    If I use Safari 5.05 to open wp-admin/install.php I just see raw php code.

    How on Earth do I get Word Press to run? I am absolutely bewildered by all of this. What is the magic that will get it to work?????

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  • Thread Starter pforkes

    (@pforkes)

    it is in:

    /Users/pforkes/Sites/wordpress/wp-admin

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    And it’s working from there? Oookay, that’s really weird. It’s something weird with MAMP, though, and at this point, it’s out of my depth.

    Thread Starter pforkes

    (@pforkes)

    Sorry, ignore my last message, but I am just so FRAZZLED from all of this.

    the text.php file is run when I type https://localhost.php (I presume this is the one that you mean) is in:

    Macintosh HD/Library/WebServer/Documents

    pforkes, you need to move your WordPress files to Macintosh HD/Library/WebServer/Documents as this is where https://localhost/ is served from.

    Or you can try https://localhost/~pforkes/ which is probably pointing to your user Sites directory.

    Thread Starter pforkes

    (@pforkes)

    I’ve doe that and it STILL gives me the same error.

    I just happened to find your post as I was going thru my own hell of trying to get WordPress to work on my MacBook Pro. I found this video tutorial: https://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/86-mamp/ which led me to try just typing in: https://localhost:80 (since that is the port I chose to set up my MAMP in) and all of a sudden it loaded the WordPress home page saying that it installed!! Try it and see what happens. If that doesn’t work, try watching the video – it seems pretty helpful!

    I get the error bellow when trying to run the wp-admin/install.php
    i called my hosting company and they said php 5 is running on the server, what could be the fix?

    Error: PHP is not runningWordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.

    Thread Starter pforkes

    (@pforkes)

    I am not even accessing my hosting server when it happens to me.

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