install.php can’t see wp-config.php
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I’ve uploaded all the WordPress files to my webserver, edited wp-config-sample.php and saved as wp-config.php, but when I run install.php, I get the message
“There doesn’t seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php file through a web interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.”
Also, if I click on the “create wp-config.php through web interface” link, setup-config.php gives me the message
“Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file from your WordPress installation.”
although that file certainly exists. wp-config-sample.php and wp-config.php are both in the root WordPress directory, and install.php is in wordpress/wp-admin. I’ve checked this again and again, and can’t seem to figure out what the problem is. The server is definitely running PHP, and although I’m not sure if the information I put in wp-config is correct, it doesn’t look like it’s even getting to the point where the install tries to access MySQL. This is all running on my college’s server, and I wonder if there might be some issue with the way they have access privileges set up. All the college pages are written in php, though, and I’ve never had any trouble with our server before, so I thought I would check here and see if anyone had any suggestions. Thanks in advance!
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