Reinstalling and getting a Blank screen at install.php

  • I was an idiot and accidentally deleted my entire folder where all my wordpress blog info was stored (and no, my host already declaired it’s all 100% gone, so no option to restore it.) I recreated the folder to reupload everything, but when I went to load install.php, I’m getting a blank screen. I did nothing different than I did the 1st time, everything worked fine before, and my config.php file is set up fine, so I have no idea why it’s giving me a blank screen, no error message or anything.

    If this is a repeat question I appologize, but I browsed through other install error threads and didn’t see anything that helped my issue.

    -Liz
    https://www.brokenplotdevice.com
    (currently broken… haha)

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  • 1. If you deleted ONLY the folder where the WP files used to be, your content still should be untouched!
    2. If you deleted the database – then everything is gone.
    3. You should NOT run the install.php if your database is still there!
    4. Just upload the files and the blog should work.

    Thread Starter lizardbeth

    (@lizardbeth)

    unfortunatly, again, I’m an idiot who knows NOTHING about how MySQL & databases work, and when I initally had errors reuploading everything, I thought I had to recreate the database as well, so the old one’s been dropped. I’m essentially starting from scratch, and it’s not installing like it did the first time.

    So I guess what I’m asking is, if the wp folder and the database are both gone, should I be having issues reinstalling? or is there something else I need to do to wipe it clean? I was only a day into my blog so it’s not an issue to just reupload everything, at least once I get through the actual install process.

    Ahhh…progress
    “Error establishing a database connection”

    Thread Starter lizardbeth

    (@lizardbeth)

    if getting a new wall to beat my head against is progress, than woot woot I’m awesome. ??

    Yeah… so slowly figuring this out. All my config.php file info looks fine, so no idea what the problem is NOW. Ugh.

    Error page I get when I load install.php:

    Error establishing a database connection

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

    * Are you sure you have the correct username and password? <i>Yes</i>
    * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname? <i>still the default, I didn’t change it the 1st time so I didn’t change it now</i>
    * Are you sure that the database server is running? <i>yes</i>

    If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.

    Thread Starter lizardbeth

    (@lizardbeth)

    changed my localhost to custsql-ipw08.eigbox.net which I THINK is where my database is, and NOW I’m going right back to the blank screen.

    :cries:

    Just when I was about to take pity on you – I see you got it.
    Congratulations. Did we learn anything ? :>)

    It seems you and I have similiar problems, Ill watch this thread.

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