Title: Cannot access install.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot access install.php

 *  [shred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shred/)
 * (@shred)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-installphp/)
 * Heya, Ive followed the “5 minute” installation guide, created a mySQL DB and 
   enabled PHP on my host.
 * When I try to do the next step, which is access /wp-admin/install.php I get the
   following:
 * > Warning: Unexpected character in input: ” (ASCII=15) state=1 in /usr/bin/php4-
   > cgi on line 3033
   > Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘*’ in /usr/bin/php4-cgi on line 3033
 * Any ideas as to what is wrong? Here is the [ link ](http://www.endless-films.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-installphp/#post-1033242)
 * why is the install in your cgi-bin?
 *  Thread Starter [shred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shred/)
 * (@shred)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-installphp/#post-1033593)
 * Turns out it was a server side issue… my hosting company fixed it by upgrading
   the PHP version to 5.2.x

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 * Last reply from: [shred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shred/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-installphp/#post-1033593)
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