Title: Step 2 Errors: Warning: preg_match()…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Step 2 Errors: Warning: preg_match()…

 *  [Hank Hill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsnow/)
 * (@dsnow)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-2-errors-warning-preg_match/)
 * I cant get this installer to work..
 * all the settings are 100% correct in my config file…
    [Moderated: wp-config.php
   contents deleted]
 * Ive searched the forum about this but cant seem to find a straight answer. I’m
   sorry to post the entire error (what follows) but if anyone can help me i would
   appreciate it.
 * thanks guys 🙂
    Dave
 * ERROR(s) on step 2:
    Second Step
 * Now we’re going to create the database tables and fill them with some default
   data.
 * Warning: preg_match() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in /home/
   rjharris/public_html/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php on line 326
 * [Moderated: The first few lines was more than enough to post, not hundreds of
   lines.]

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 *  [Peter Westwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/westi/)
 * (@westi)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-2-errors-warning-preg_match/#post-168564)
 * Hi dsnow,
 * I not sure whats going on here.
 * Can you provide the following info to help track this down:
 * PHP Version, Apache (Or other webserver version), Host Operating system and version
 * westi
 *  Thread Starter [Hank Hill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsnow/)
 * (@dsnow)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-2-errors-warning-preg_match/#post-169079)
 * hi westi, thanks for the reply.. here is the info:
 * PHP Version:
    PHP 4.3.10
 * Apache:
    Apache/1.3.33 (Unix)
 * Host Operating system and version:
    Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla)
 *  Thread Starter [Hank Hill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsnow/)
 * (@dsnow)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-2-errors-warning-preg_match/#post-169147)
 * anyone?
 *  [2notch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2notch/)
 * (@2notch)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-2-errors-warning-preg_match/#post-169150)
 * Check your password for certain characters like ” / ” and “#” . I had trouble
   with a password with a “/ “, changed it and all was OK.
 *  [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/)
 * (@nuclearmoose)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-2-errors-warning-preg_match/#post-169152)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=27964#post-157115](http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=27964#post-157115)
   is where this thread is continued. This post will now be closed to avoid confusion
   of supporting two threads from the same person.

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-2-errors-warning-preg_match/#post-169152)
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