Title: install.php can’t find  “congig.php”
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# install.php can’t find “congig.php”

 *  [jpierre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpierre/)
 * (@jpierre)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-cant-find-congigphp/)
 * I’m not exactly new to WP, having already designed a site for a customer two 
   months ago. I loved it and decided to transfer my whole blog (Frontpage). I was
   at the point of making the switch when version 1.2 arrived. So now I am attempting
   to install version 1.2. If someone could give a hand… Here’s the situation:
   (
   1) I edited the wp-config-sample.php to these settings, which I then saved to
   wp-config.php (‘DB_NAME’, ‘jpierre_wrdp3’); (‘DB_USER’, ‘jpierre_’); (‘DB_PASSWORD’,‘
   mypassword’); // (‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); (2) I uploaded everything in a subfolder
   of my public_html named …/wp. (3) I then tried to launch install.php, which
   is in the …/wp-admin. What I got is: 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’);
   require(‘upgrade-functions.php’); if (isset($_GET[‘step’])) $step = $_GET[‘step’];
   else $step = 0;?> (4) It also says that I appear to have WP already installed,
   which is true, though in the 1.0.2 version and in another folder. (5) From there,
   the install.php page would not start the step 1. I am asking for help because
   I don’t have the slightest idea of where to go from now. So… JP

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 *  [Daynah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phpprincess/)
 * (@phpprincess)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-cant-find-congigphp/#post-56824)
 * Since you have an older version of wordpress installed already, you should run
   the upgrade.php file instead. This will update your database.
 *  Thread Starter [jpierre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpierre/)
 * (@jpierre)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-cant-find-congigphp/#post-56954)
 * Perhaps, though given that it’s in a different folder it shoudn’t matter. I don’t
   think it’s the main problem. The thing is, it doesn’t seem to SEE the `wp-config.
   php` that it needs. I really am at a loss. Put in its most general expression,
   I CAN’T INSTALL. Help!
    JP
 *  Thread Starter [jpierre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpierre/)
 * (@jpierre)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-cant-find-congigphp/#post-56981)
 * OK. Everything is fine now. I followed Cena’s suggestion from another thread:
   entering by hand the full address in the browser, rather than trying to access
   the file on my host’s cPanel.
    Thanks, JP

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [jpierre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpierre/)
 * Last activity: [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-cant-find-congigphp/#post-56981)
 * Status: not resolved

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