Upgraded Xampp, installed WP but WP not happy – why?

  • richarduk

    (@richarduk)


    18 years ago

    Perhaps this would be better in a Xampp forum but I thought I’d try here first.

    When I go to the install.php I get this (and more besides)

    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.”); require_once(‘../wp-config.php’)

    I have completely different database names and directory structures to my previous version of WP (I had to uninstall it all before updating XAMPP) – I have the feeling that somehow something is going on in the background still but I can’t think what it could logically be …

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  • Thread Starter richarduk

    (@richarduk)

    For users coming across this thread in the next year, there are identical problems when using WAMP

    [11/02/2006] – WAMP5 1.6.6 : with PHP 5.2.0
    Live from the Zend/PHP conference in San Jose CA I propose you a new release of WAMP5 including the very lastest version of PHP 5.2.0. This release also includes MySQL 5.0.27 and the latest version of phpmyadmin.]

    So it seems to be a PHP/MYSQL thing.

    Fortunately I have an old version of XAMPP that I’ve rescued from the recycle bin

    Thread Starter richarduk

    (@richarduk)

    Addendum: I might have dropped a clanger.

    In reinstalling Xampp there’s the facility to start mysql and apache running in the control panel.

    Which I probably didn’t.

    Oops.

    I probably had it running on atuo previously, if I can find that control again

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    Yeah that’s real confusing. Earlier I asked if you could use phpMyAdmin to see your databases and I didn’t think you could do that if the xampp (in particular Apache and MySql) weren’t running.

    So are you saying it now DOES work?

    vkaryl

    (@vkaryl)

    richarduk – there’s two batch files to set apache and mysql to start as services. You should find them in the apache folder: apache_installservice.bat; and in the mysql folder: mysql_installservice.bat

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