install.php is malformed

  • stockblock

    (@stockblock)


    18 years ago

    I followed all the directions in the readme.

    1. unzipped everything
    2. changed the user name and pw (i’m assuming this is the password for my login for my hosting service correct?), left language, db_name, $table prefix, and db_host alone
    3. saved the file as wp-config.php
    4. uploaded the whole folder
    5. then ran the wp-admin/install.php both locally and on my webspace with no luck. I would just get this page with all this messed up code.

    https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/brandtson/wtf.jpg

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  • you need the username assciated with your database, the password associated with the database (which is not necessarily the same as your login) and the name of the database.

    rudolf45

    (@rudolf45)

    And just to add to what 4k said: you need PHP running on your server. Based on the img you posted, php is not running on your server.

    Doodlebee

    (@doodlebee)

    What they said – PHP isn’t on your server, (which is required for WordPress to function), and your database login information isn’t necessarily the same as your host’s login info. In fact, usually it’s not the same at all.

    Also, if you leave “db_host” and “db_name” alone, you’re most certainly going to run into trouble, because you need the correct info to connect to your database.

    index.php isn’t malformed, you just haven’t entered in the correct information – and apparently haven’t checked what your host provides against the requirements of running WordPress.

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