Title: PHP issue Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # PHP issue * [parijatkaul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parijatkaul/) * (@parijatkaul) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-4/) * Hi, * I have been trying to install WordPress on for my website. Followed the instructions but as i run installation file wp-congif.php i get error page- PHP not installed or PHP not running but PHP is installed the server. I am on freehostia.com. The message that i get is below: =========================== WordPress Error: PHP is not running * WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off. > WordPress _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome). Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com)]_ * Can you help? Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/) * (@songdogtech) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-4/#post-1681213) * Free hosting is almost always problematic. Talk to freehostia.com or use their one click WordPress installer. * [pticica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pticica/) * (@pticica) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-4/#post-1681532) * Hi! I am having exactly the same problem as parijatkaul described above. I pay for my host services thouhg, and my host help desk told me my PHP is running just fine. Still, I have the same problem every time I am trying to run wp-admin/ setup-config.php. I read all forum problem related posts, followed the install instructions carefully, but nothing works. So, I downloaded and unzipped wordpress 3.03., opened wp-config-semple.php, changed to my databese, user name, password and database host (at some attempt even changed Authentication Unique Keys and Salts) and saved it as wp-config.php. Then I created wordpress folder in my public_html directory and uploaded content from my unzipped wordpress folder. Now when run ftp://www.mysite.com/public_html/wordpess/wp-config.php white page appears. Then I tried ftp://www.mysite.com/public_html/wordpess/wp-admin/setup-config.php to manually add database, user name and other information needed. Before doing that I already deleted wp-config.php file as suggested on the beginning of the page. But still it doesn’t work, I am back at the same page. Than I copy paste hole content from wp-config.php file into empty dialog box on the botom of the page and that’s when I get message parijatkaul posted above. The same page appears also when I run wordpess/wp-admin/install.php I also tried, as suggested by my host help, to upload contet directly to my public_html directory, so my page looks like public_html/wp-config.php, but it doesn’t work the same. At the end I deleted my database and did everything from the beginning but, you already guess, the problem is still here. * Slowly, this 5 minutes install is turning into 5 days agony :/ * I would rally appreciate if somebody could help! Thanks in advance! * [janzell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janzell/) * (@janzell) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-4/#post-1681533) * hi parijatkaul * WordPress CMS is PHP dependent and build in PHP code. In order to run the CMS you must need first to install PHP in your server. * You can research in web on how to install PHP depending you server. * Hope that helps. * [pticica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pticica/) * (@pticica) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-4/#post-1681534) * I don’t have my own server. I pay server services at local host company. They have PHP 5 enabled and running just fine, and they also say that problem I have is not related with them. * But thx for trying anyway! * If you or somebody else have some other suggestions, pleas send them! * Moderator [Dion Hulse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dd32/) * (@dd32) * Meta Developer * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-4/#post-1681535) * This error message literally can -only- come up in the event that PHP is NOT running on the server, If PHP Parses the file, then you will NOT see the message. * If you right click the page, and select View Source, You will see PHP code, If PHP was enabled on your account, you would not see the PHP code. * Send your host a link to the installation script and let them look at it, and correct your account. * [pticica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pticica/) * (@pticica) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-4/#post-1681536) * I made it through the installation! I called my host help again, and we accidentally discover the error. The problem was I was typing ftp://www. all the time (as you can also see in my previous posts above). When I ran just mysite.com/index. php a page where I should enter my site name, password and install wordpress appeared. I hope this information will help some other beginner like myself. * Thanks for the help! Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘PHP issue’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/) * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/) * [XML-Error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xml-error/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 6 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [pticica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pticica/) * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-4/#post-1681536) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics