Title: wp-config.php problem!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# wp-config.php problem!

 *  [Remon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remon/)
 * (@remon)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-configphp-problem-2/)
 * Hi!
 * Newbie to WordPress and having a problem with installing it. Including with my
   domain at Active24.nl is one database on request. So I asked them to create and
   activate it and got the db-name/username/password/domain information.
 * Changed that in the wp-config-sample.php file (including changing localhost to
   the IP-address Active24.nl provided me) and renamed it to wp-config.php and uploaded
   the whole folder to my domain.
 * When trying to install it by running wp-admin/install.php I get the following
   error:
 * There doesn’t seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get 
   started. Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php file through
   a web interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The safest way 
   is to manually create the file.
 * When clicking on “create a file…” I get another error:
 * Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this
   file from your WordPress installation.
 * The problem is that both of the files are there..
 * Is there anybody who can help me?!

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 *  [dss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dss/)
 * (@dss)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-configphp-problem-2/#post-377752)
 * sounds like a permissions issue to me.
    Are all your files readable? Be sure 
   your permissions are set to allow the files to be read.
 * In the worst case scenario you can download the wp-config-sample.php, enter the
   correct information, rename the file ‘wp-config.php’ and upload it and see what
   happens.
 * But it sounds like permissions to me.
 *  [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * (@ladydelaluna)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-configphp-problem-2/#post-377753)
 * nevermind – dss sounds like the right answer… can you check the CHMOD of your
   files?
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-configphp-problem-2/#post-377764)
 * This is an error that comes down to the host.. and I’m not sure we have a fix.
   I’ll have to dig through a whole heap of info to find Matt’s response when I 
   asked him about this.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-configphp-problem-2/#post-377765)
 * Check this thread and this answer:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/57478?replies=32#post-313818](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/57478?replies=32#post-313818)
 * There is no solution.
    Sorry!

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last activity: [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-configphp-problem-2/#post-377765)
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