You probably want to be mailing these questions to a wordpress group, Marvin, as it's not a WSG issue.
Also, you don't need to run it on your local machine. it would make the most sense to host it externally, on a shared server like Dreamhost, if you're OK with a US-based server. Joe On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Marvin Hunkin <startrekc...@gmail.com>wrote: > hi. > where can i get the latest version of php and my sql. > got wamp server 2.0. > or is that over kill. > will poste the error message below. > read the word press help. > went to word press admin, then install php. > and here's the error message below. > thank you for your help. > marvin. > > [image: WordPress] Error: PHP is not running > > WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does > not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off. > > [image: WordPress]get_var("SHOW TABLES LIKE '$wpdb->users'") != null ); > // Ensure that Blogs appear in search engines by default $blog_public = 1; > if ( ! empty( $_POST ) ) $blog_public = isset( $_POST['blog_public'] ); > $weblog_title = isset( $_POST['weblog_title'] ) ? trim( stripslashes( > $_POST['weblog_title'] ) ) : ''; $user_name = isset($_POST['user_name']) ? > trim( stripslashes( $_POST['user_name'] ) ) : 'admin'; $admin_password = > isset($_POST['admin_password']) ? trim( stripslashes( > $_POST['admin_password'] ) ) : ''; $admin_email = isset( > $_POST['admin_email'] ) ? trim( stripslashes( $_POST['admin_email'] ) ) : > ''; if ( ! is_null( $error ) ) { ?> > > ERROR: %s' ), $error ); ?> > > > > /> > > ' . __( 'Already Installed' ) . ' > > ' . __( 'You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall > please clear your old database tables first.' ) . ' > > ' . __('Log In') . ' <http://../wp-login.php> > ' ); } $php_version = phpversion(); $mysql_version = $wpdb->db_version(); > $php_compat = version_compare( $php_version, $required_php_version, '>=' ); > $mysql_compat = version_compare( $mysql_version, $required_mysql_version, > '>=' ) || file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db.php' ); if ( !$mysql_compat && > !$php_compat ) $compat = sprintf( __('You cannot install because WordPress > %1$s <http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_%1$s> requires PHP version %2$s > or higher and MySQL version %3$s or higher. You are running PHP version %4$s > and MySQL version %5$s.'), $wp_version, $required_php_version, > $required_mysql_version, $php_version, $mysql_version ); elseif ( > !$php_compat ) $compat = sprintf( __('You cannot install because WordPress > %1$s <http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_%1$s> requires PHP version %2$s > or higher. You are running version %3$s.'), $wp_version, > $required_php_version, $php_version ); elseif ( !$mysql_compat ) $compat = > sprintf( __('You cannot install because WordPress > %1$s<http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_%1$s>requires MySQL version %2$s or > higher. You are running version %3$s.'), > $wp_version, $required_mysql_version, $mysql_version ); if ( !$mysql_compat > || !$php_compat ) { display_header(); die(' ' . __('Insufficient > Requirements') . ' > > ' . $compat . ' > '); } switch($step) { case 0: // Step 1 case 1: // Step 1, direct link. > 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'] ) > ? trim( stripslashes( $_POST['weblog_title'] ) ) : ''; $user_name = > isset($_POST['user_name']) ? trim( stripslashes( $_POST['user_name'] ) ) : > 'admin'; $admin_password = isset($_POST['admin_password']) ? > $_POST['admin_password'] : ''; $admin_password_check = > isset($_POST['admin_password2']) ? $_POST['admin_password2'] : ''; > $admin_email = isset( $_POST['admin_email'] ) ?trim( stripslashes( > $_POST['admin_email'] ) ) : ''; $public = isset( $_POST['blog_public'] ) ? > (int) $_POST['blog_public'] : 0; // check e-mail address $error = false; if > ( empty( $user_name ) ) { // TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __('you > must provide a valid username.') ); $error = true; } elseif ( $user_name != > sanitize_user( $user_name, true ) ) { display_setup_form( __('the username > you provided has invalid characters.') ); $error = true; } elseif ( > $admin_password != $admin_password_check ) { // TODO: poka-yoke > display_setup_form( __( 'your passwords do not match. 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E-mail addresses > look like: usern...@example.com' ) ); $error = true; } if ( $error === > false ) { $wpdb->show_errors(); $result = wp_install($weblog_title, > $user_name, $admin_email, $public, '', $admin_password); extract( $result, > EXTR_SKIP ); ?> > > '. esc_html($password) .' > '; echo " > > $password_message > "; ?> > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* -- ================================ two wheels good..... ==================================== This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ==================================== j...@wheelyweb.com +61 (0)434 047 804 http://www.typingthevoid.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/jortenzi http://twitter.com/wheelyweb http://www.facebook.com/joseph.ortenzi Skype/Wave: wheelyweb ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************