Title: install.php not displaying
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# install.php not displaying

 *  [aidoneus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aidoneus/)
 * (@aidoneus)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/)
 * i just uploaded all the WP files to my ftp site. Then i hooked up the database.
   i think. I already have phpbb forums set up on that same database, so do i have
   to open another one to make WP work? my second problem/question is that when 
   i try and run the install.php thing, i just get a blank page. No 404 or anyhting
   like that, just the ads placed by my host. but if i try and open another php 
   from the WP files, i they open, and say “looks like you haven’t installed WP 
   yet, do so by going to (and gives me a link to install.php)” that link works,
   it takes me to install.php, but i still get a blank page. so im not sure whats
   wrong, i tried in opera and firefox, with the same result. ???? Thanks

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/#post-436136)
 * 1. You can use the same database, just make sure the tables have different prefixes.
   
   2. Make sure you upload the WP files as ASCII. 2a. Did you edit the wp-config
   file? 2b. You are opening the install file NOT as [ftp://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/?output_format=md),
   right? but normally as a http:// address in a browser, I hope.
 *  Thread Starter [aidoneus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aidoneus/)
 * (@aidoneus)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/#post-436198)
 * 1. I looked at my databse and there were 30 different tables, they were for the
   various pieces of phpbb forums. im not sure if they have different prefixes, 
   the WP stuff isn’t even listed in the database. but i know i uploaded the files
   cuz i can access them through the web interface on the ftp address. and
 * 2. i have the upload set to automatic
 * 2a. yes
    2b. correct
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/#post-436201)
 * If you didn’t change it in the wp-config file – WP will create the tables with
   the prefix **wp_** _during_ the installation process. It just needs the database
   to have defined in the config file and it takes care of the rest (i.e. creating
   and populating the tables).
 * Maybe a link would be beneficial at this moment…
 *  Thread Starter [aidoneus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aidoneus/)
 * (@aidoneus)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/#post-436247)
 * `'<?php
    // ** MySQL settings ** // define('DB_NAME', '21274'); // The name of
   the database define('DB_USER', '21274'); // Your MySQL username define('DB_PASSWORD','
   xxxxxx'); // ...and password define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you
   won't need to change this value
 * // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
   prefix
    $table_prefix = 'wp_'; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 * // 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', '');
 * /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
    require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.
   php'); ?>'
 * So thats all i changed in the WP_config. My DB interface thing told me that 21274
   was my username and db name. and thats what is uploaded to my ftp area. 21274
   is also what i used for phpbb. and their is still no sign of WB in my database
   area. just the php files uploaded to my ftp file area.
 * sorry, i’m new at this. what would you like a link to?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/#post-436250)
 * Where are your WP files?
    In the root? in a subdirectory? As I said, in the database
   there will NOT be any change until you run the install.php. (BTW, you don’t upload
   files to your “ftp file area” – you either upload them to your server or nowhere
   🙂
 *  Thread Starter [aidoneus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aidoneus/)
 * (@aidoneus)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/#post-436268)
 * the WP files are in a subdirectory.
 * Current: /Blog/wordpress
 *  [saqib62](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saqib62/)
 * (@saqib62)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/#post-436282)
 * I’m having exactly the same problem, having done exactly the same things as this
   guy.
    Wp-config has been modified to reflect database details, the upload has
   been set to automatic and so on. The link which you’re asking for, I think, is
   this in my case:
 * [http://www.saqistan.com/wordpress/WP-ADMIN/INSTALL.PHP](http://www.saqistan.com/wordpress/WP-ADMIN/INSTALL.PHP)
 * All the files have been uploaded to httpdocs directory.
 *  [saqib62](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saqib62/)
 * (@saqib62)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-displaying/#post-436372)
 * Could anyone please help. It’s been a week since our request. Could someone at
   least tell whether there’s a glitch in the wordpress or is it something we’re
   doing wrong??

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