Cannot install ($_POST is empty)

  • Resolved StrongJoshua

    (@strongjoshua)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    I am trying to install WordPress on my site under http://example.com/blog. What I did so far is:

    1. Download and unzip the most recent version of WordPress
    2. Upload the contents of the wordpress folder to my site’s blog folder using FTP
    3. Edited wp-config.php to contain all of the required information (database info and secret keys)

    I had initially tried to create the config file using the automated process, but I got the error table prefix cannot be empty. However, on the next step (where you give the blog’s name and create the admin account) I am getting the must use valid username error. I know I am using a valid username because it is exactly like my username for this site.

    To debug I decided to var_dump the $_POST variable. It showed an empty array. This explains why I had to manually create my config file because the installation script first error check is on the table prefix, which is why I got that error…

    Any ideas on what I can do?

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  • Thread Starter StrongJoshua

    (@strongjoshua)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Welp, I figured it out.

    I remembered that I had a problem with post data a while back and the reason was that in my main site’s .htaccess I have a rule that redirects pages to their no-ending counterpart (i.e. install.php to install). This redirect causes post data to be lost, so all I had to do was change the install.php reference (exact line was install.php?step=2) to install?step=2.

    I assume that if I had found the spot for the first step (where you set up the database access) and changed the reference there too, that part would also have worked.

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