WordPress redirects to install.php – after using for 4 years…

  • eappell

    (@eappell)


    18 years, 4 months ago

    I’ve been using WP for my blog for about 4 years. It ran fine until a few months ago. I went to the site and it redirected me to the install.php page in wp-admin. I tried re-uploading the application files to my server, going to the upgrade.php page, but every time I try to go anywhere but install, it just redirects me there. I checked the database and it looks like all of my data is still there.

    Does anyone know why this would happen all of the sudden? More importantly, is there a way out of this without losing the posts and other data I’ve built up over the past 4 years?

    Thanks for the help!

    Eddie

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    ww.wp.xz.cn Admin

    18 years, 4 months ago

    First, BACK UP YOUR DATABASE. Immediately. You can lose things with no hope of recovery by screwing around with this, so get a backup ASAP. phpMyAdmin can easily download a dump of all the tables.

    http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Backing_Up_Your_Database

    Now then. Are all the settings in the wp-config.php file still correct? Check each one and if not, correct it.

    Thread Starter eappell

    (@eappell)

    18 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks for reply – Yes, the settings are correct, sort of…

    I can connect to my database using a MySQL client (currently just using phpMyAdmin) so the host, username and passwords are all correct. But my hosting company no longer lists my WP database in my list of databases (using their ‘control panel’ UI). I’m not entirely sure what that means in real terms – since the db IS there, and my data IS in the db, and I CAN log into it – but it must have some affect since I can’t install, upgrade or run WP at this point.

    I have a support ticket into the hosting company and hopefully they’ll get back to me soon. It looks like either they’ll restore the association and it will work again, or I’ll need to create a new MySQL database, point WP to that, then restore my data to the new db…

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    ww.wp.xz.cn Admin

    18 years, 4 months ago

    Since you can connect to it, take the opportunity to grab a backup of it. If needed, you can then restore that backup on a working server.

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