Title: install.php does not work Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # install.php does not work * [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/) * (@neek) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/) * Can somebody help me pease to get started. * – I uploaded the wordpress files and customized the config file but it is not yet working. (see here: [http://www.ekeretallie.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.ekeretallie.com/wp-admin/install.php)) – Am new to all this..what am I doing wrong? * thanx aready, neek Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 30 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226098) * Did you use cpanel / vdeck or plesk to set up the database ? * Thread Starter [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/) * (@neek) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226100) * eh…I don’t know. I have not set up database yet. I am just starting. * I called my ISP today to add Mysql database to my website and I received a mysql. ekeretallie.com adress with user/password. Don’t know what to do with it because ftp does not access it. So I upoaded al fies to my regular website ftp-address. * Do I still make sense? * [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/) * (@skippy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226101) * To be clear: When you say you “customized the config file”, does this mean that you copied `wp-config-sample.php` to `wp-config.php` and edited that file accordingly? * Did you insert the proper values for your database name; and the username and password for that database? * [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/) * (@skippy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226102) * The `mysql.ekeretallie.com` address is what you’ll use in `wp-config.php` for the “Database Sevrer”. You will use this instead of “localhost”. * Thread Starter [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/) * (@neek) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226104) * yes, i just changed the values like this (xxx being user/pass) * * Thread Starter [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/) * (@neek) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226106) * thanks skippy that works * Thread Starter [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/) * (@neek) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226107) * now how do i “select the wordpress database.” ? * [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/) * (@skippy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226108) * If the hosting provider did not create any databases for you, you’ll need to that yourself. * If you have a control panel for your host, use this to create a database named“ wordpress”. * If you do not have a control panel, either ask your host to crease the database for you, or download and install [phpMyAdmin](http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net) to your site. Use this to create the “wordpress” database; then proceed with your installation. * Your host may have created a database for you using a different name. I encourage you to check with them, first. * Thread Starter [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/) * (@neek) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226110) * yes they created one i received info: * host: mysql.ekeretallie.com user: xxx database:xxx password: xxx * Am i supposed to make ftp contact with [http://ftp.mysql.ekeretallie.com?](http://ftp.mysql.ekeretallie.com?) ftp does not work * [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/) * (@skippy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226112) * No. The `mysql.ekeretallie.com` address is **only** used in your `wp-config.php` file. * Upload all the WordPress files to your web server location. Make sure that `wp- config.php` looks like this: `// ** MySQL settings ** // define('DB_NAME', ' XXX'); // The name of the database define('DB_USER', 'XXX'); // Your MySQL username define('DB_PASSWORD', 'XXX'); // ...and password define('DB_HOST', 'mysql.ekeretallie. com'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value * Replace NAME with the name of the database as provided by your host. Repalce USER and PASSWORD with the values supplied by your host. * Thread Starter [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/) * (@neek) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226115) * thans skippy, one step closer again ! * Thread Starter [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/) * (@neek) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226119) * one thing, in step 2 i noticed * Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in d:\www\ekeretallie.com\ www\wp-admin\upgrade-functions.php on line 683 * even though things so far are going smooth * [ac2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ac2005/) * (@ac2005) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226767) * Hi The install.php doesn’t work for me either – I’ve made the amends to the config file and it looks right.. * Any clues? Thx a million for any ideas a * [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/) * (@skippy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226768) * AC2005: what happens when you execute install.php? * In what ways have you modified wp-config.php ? * [dorks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorks/) * (@dorks) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/#post-226828) * Hi. I just upload all of the files, configured the config file but install doesn’t work… here are what my file says * define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘dorksan_Dorks’); // The name of the database define(‘DB_USER’,‘ xxx’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxx’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘dorksan@localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value * // Change the prefix if you want to have multiple blogs in a single database. $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2’ or ‘mylogin_’ * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the // chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages. // For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”); * /* Stop editing */ * I created the database and dorksan_Dorks is what it said it was… i also created a local host, and dorksan@localhost is what it said it was… * and for the multiple blogs… if I want more than one, what do I put? anything? * please help… thanks… Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 30 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘install.php does not work’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 30 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [dorks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorks/) * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226877) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics