Title: WordPress Installation Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Installation Problem

 *  Resolved [ravisawlani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravisawlani/)
 * (@ravisawlani)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/)
 * I am getting the following error while i am running file “install.php” after 
   editing “wp-config.php”
 * ERROR: %s’), $error); ?>
 * <?php echo ( isset($_POST[‘weblog_title’]) ? esc_attr($_POST[‘weblog_title’]):”);?
   >
    <?php echo ( isset($_POST[‘admin_email’]) ? esc_attr($_POST[‘admin_email’]):”);?
   > />
 * ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’
 * ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear
   your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘);} switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // 
   in case people are directly linking to this display_header(); ?>
 * ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just fill in the information
   below and you’ll be on your way to using the most extendable and powerful personal
   publishing platform in the world.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>
 * error) ) wp_die($wpdb->error->get_error_message()); display_header(); // Fill
   in the data we gathered $weblog_title = isset($_POST[‘weblog_title’]) ? stripslashes(
   $_POST[‘weblog_title’]) : ”; $admin_email = isset($_POST[‘admin_email’]) ? stripslashes(
   $_POST[‘admin_email’]) : ”; $public = isset($_POST[‘blog_public’]) ? (int) $_POST[‘
   blog_public’] : 0; // check e-mail address $error = false; if (empty($admin_email)){//
   TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __(‘you must provide an e-mail address.’));
   $error = true; } else if (!is_email($admin_email)) { // TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form(
   __(‘that isn’t a valid e-mail address. E-mail addresses look like: [username@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/username@example.com?output_format=md)’));
   $error = true; } if ( $error === false ) { $wpdb->show_errors(); $result = wp_install(
   $weblog_title, ‘admin’, $admin_email, $public); extract($result, EXTR_SKIP); ?
   >
 *  admin
    ‘. $password .’ ‘; } echo ‘
 * ‘. $password_message .’
    ‘; ?>
 * Please check and help me if possible…

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 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/#post-1301681)
 * Sounds like you already installed WP, you can’t just login?
    Otherwise, use your
   PHPmyAdmin/Plesk/whateveryouhave to see if there indeed are already tables in
   your database. Alternally, in the wp-config file you can change the prefix from
   wp_ to something different and try to install again. If that works, you’ll probably
   have a database with wp_ and other tables.
 *  Thread Starter [ravisawlani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravisawlani/)
 * (@ravisawlani)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/#post-1301683)
 * I have checked with the tables and also i have not installed WP yet..
    My wp-
   config.php:-
 * <?php
    /** * The base configurations of the WordPress. * * This file has the 
   following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix, * Secret Keys, WordPress
   Language, and ABSPATH. You can find more information by * visiting {@link [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php)
   Editing * wp-config.php} Codex page. You can get the MySQL settings from your
   web host. * * This file is used by the wp-config.php creation script during the*
   installation. You don’t have to use the web site, you can just copy this file*
   to “wp-config.php” and fill in the values. * * [@package](https://wordpress.org/support/users/package/)
   WordPress */
 * // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The
   name of the database for WordPress */ define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘test’);
 * /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);
 * /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘root’);
 * /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
 * /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’,‘
   utf8’);
 * /** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’,);
 * /**#@+
    * Authentication Unique Keys. * * Change these to different unique phrases!*
   You can generate these using the {@link [https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/](https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/)
   WordPress.org secret-key service} * You can change these at any point in time
   to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log 
   in again. * * [@since](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/) 2.6.0 */ define(‘
   AUTH_KEY’,’rpd-Ug-FAo4-Tz?Y2UFBC)4Pq}M=JTAEKb~[HQ,N5n$9pisZHnA*k;!1Tg+J*@$K’);
   define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’,’wwA:^^ <2BS`QO^1HVk^=7L1K3+Sde;fUa[Q`6K0m%1|}+zh&^1@uZK]
   DBBr41fX’); define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’,’GzQjP&E)RP#(J CXGfmr*TMMlxDaYJ2Ug;9Em&d%Gda}
   o+i7MSN+dz+}QU@OQdiy’); define(‘NONCE_KEY’,’6LE]DZ|XGg4F3f3fZ4ttGr&@wnnx1HjJ/
   4~&=eV2BK0lP.`j2EV]orCa@yo9 p=a’); /**#@-*/
 * /**
    * WordPress Database Table prefix. * * You can have multiple installations
   in one database if you give each a unique * prefix. Only numbers, letters, and
   underscores please! */ $table_prefix = ‘wp_’;
 * /**
    * WordPress Localized Language, defaults to English. * * Change this to 
   localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen * language must be
   installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install * de.mo to wp-content/
   languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ to enable German * language support. */ define(‘
   WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * /** WordPress absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
    if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’))
   define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’);
 * /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
    require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-
   settings.php’); ?>
 * Please check if there is anything wronge with this.
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/#post-1301684)
 * I guess you _did_ already install WP, but try this.
 * In your wp-config.php change this:
    `$table_prefix = 'wp_';` to something like:`
   $table_prefix = 'test_';` and try to install again.
 * When that works, change the database name, user and password. It is not very 
   smart to put your database name, username and password open on the www.
 *  [dangerous-minds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dangerous-minds/)
 * (@dangerous-minds)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/#post-1302132)
 * I tried the above but am still getting the same message:
    ERROR: %s’), $error);?
   >
 *  />
 * ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’
 * ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear
   your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘);} switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // 
   in case people are directly linking to this display_header(); ?>
 * ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just fill in the information
   below and you’ll be on your way to using the most extendable and powerful personal
   publishing platform in the world.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>
 * error) ) wp_die($wpdb->error->get_error_message()); display_header(); // Fill
   in the data we gathered $weblog_title = isset($_POST[‘weblog_title’]) ? stripslashes(
   $_POST[‘weblog_title’]) : ”; $admin_email = isset($_POST[‘admin_email’]) ? stripslashes(
   $_POST[‘admin_email’]) : ”; $public = isset($_POST[‘blog_public’]) ? (int) $_POST[‘
   blog_public’] : 0; // check e-mail address $error = false; if (empty($admin_email)){//
   TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __(‘you must provide an e-mail address.’));
   $error = true; } else if (!is_email($admin_email)) { // TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form(
   __(‘that isn’t a valid e-mail address. E-mail addresses look like: [username@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/username@example.com?output_format=md)’));
   $error = true; } if ( $error === false ) { $wpdb->show_errors(); $result = wp_install(
   $weblog_title, ‘admin’, $admin_email, $public); extract($result, EXTR_SKIP); ?
   >
    admin ‘. $password .’ ‘; } echo ‘
 * ‘. $password_message .’
    ‘; ?>
 *  [jezzicaz789](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jezzicaz789/)
 * (@jezzicaz789)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/#post-1302139)
 * Hi all!
    I’ve just visited this forum. Happy to get acquainted with you. Thanks.
 * [**signature moderated** Please read the [Forum Rules](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68664)]
 *  [orchiles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orchiles/)
 * (@orchiles)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-problem-1/#post-1302225)
 * Thanks for the interesting code.

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