Title: Zombie install.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Zombie install.php

 *  [jemimap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jemimap/)
 * (@jemimap)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zombie-installphp/)
 * Twice now I’ve seen install.php come back from the dead. That is, a WP installation
   is up and running fine, but I see the initial install page that links to install.
   php instead of the blog. When it first happened to me I panicked, then opened
   the page in another window to discover my blog was there. I brushed it off as
   some weird browser cache problem, but I just saw it on [someone else’s blog](http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/05/18/yes-you-can-still-download-mt-2661).
   I was probably running 1.0.2 at the time; I don’t know what he’s running.
    I 
   understand that you can’t break an install by running install again, but unsolicited
   offers to install the software are distressing nonetheless.

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 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zombie-installphp/#post-54843)
 * What must have happened is that for some reason index.php would have been unable
   to open wp-config.php momentarily, and so should have thought that WP is not 
   installed yet, I beleive.
    This could have been due to caching too. In any case,
   I could the blog you referenced above perfectly well. What browser were you using
   when you noticed this problem?
 *  Thread Starter [jemimap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jemimap/)
 * (@jemimap)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zombie-installphp/#post-54871)
 * I was using Safari 1.2.1 on Mac OS X 10.3.3, but it can’t be responsible for 
   the problem on the other person’s blog. I suppose it’s possible he was reinstalling
   the first time I tried to reach the site – which works fine for me now as well.

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 * Last reply from: [jemimap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jemimap/)
 * Last activity: [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zombie-installphp/#post-54871)
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