Title: Error When Install WordPress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error When Install WordPress

 *  [kathleenr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathleenr/)
 * (@kathleenr)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-install-wordpress/)
 * I am installing WordPress on my XP laptop.
 * I installed WAMP2, created a virtual host and created an empty MySQL database
   to link to WordPress.
 * I then downloaded WordPress 2.8.4, amended the wp-config.php file to add the 
   new database details.
 * When I run install.php from my browser I obtain a very strange message telling
   me I have already installed WordPress and I should clear the old database tables
   first…
 * However, I have never installed WordPress before and the database I have configured
   has no tables!
 * Please help
 * ERROR MESSAGE ON BROWSER WHEN TRY TO INSTALL WORDPRESS
 * ERROR: %s’), $error); ?>
 * checked=”checked” />
 * ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’
 * ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear
   your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘);} switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // 
   in case people are directly linking to this display_header(); ?>
 * ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just fill in the information
   below and you’ll be on your way to using the most extendable and powerful personal
   publishing platform in the world.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>
 * error) ) wp_die($wpdb->error->get_error_message()); display_header(); // Fill
   in the data we gathered $weblog_title = isset($_POST[‘weblog_title’]) ? stripslashes(
   $_POST[‘weblog_title’]) : ”; $admin_email = isset($_POST[‘admin_email’]) ? stripslashes(
   $_POST[‘admin_email’]) : ”; $public = isset($_POST[‘blog_public’]) ? (int) $_POST[‘
   blog_public’] : 0; // check e-mail address $error = false; if (empty($admin_email)){//
   TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __(‘you must provide an e-mail address.’));
   $error = true; } else if (!is_email($admin_email)) { // TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form(
   __(‘that isn’t a valid e-mail address. E-mail addresses look like: [username@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-install-wordpress/username@example.com?output_format=md)’));
   $error = true; } if ( $error === false ) { $wpdb->show_errors(); $result = wp_install(
   $weblog_title, ‘admin’, $admin_email, $public); extract($result, EXTR_SKIP); ?
   >
 *  admin
    ‘. $password .’ ‘; } echo ‘
 * ‘. $password_message .’
    ‘; ?>

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-install-wordpress/#post-1206836)
 * looks more like php isn’t working
 * this is much easier to install wordpress
    [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/)
 *  Thread Starter [kathleenr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathleenr/)
 * (@kathleenr)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-install-wordpress/#post-1206845)
 * Many thanks – I’ve uninstalled WAMP and will try XAMPP!
 *  Thread Starter [kathleenr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathleenr/)
 * (@kathleenr)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-install-wordpress/#post-1206850)
 * XAMPP worked out of the packet first time in less than 1/2 hour. WIsh I’d started
   with this one first…..
 * Many Thanks for your prompt dvice

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 * [Installation Problems](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation-problems/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [kathleenr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathleenr/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-install-wordpress/#post-1206850)
 * Status: not resolved

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