Question
I have a new laptop and im trying to set up a local Apache/PHP/MySQL to work on my Wordpress projects (I only need it for WP, nothing else). I tried with both WAMP and XAMPP, and it's something I did many times on my old computer (create a database, edit wp-config and then install wp by going to localhost/sitename). But this time, I get to the WP install screen step (where I have to input the site name, my email, and the admin username / password) and after that the installation goes to the following URL:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22761419
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where I get a blank page, with just a WP logo at the top. Wordpress is 3.8.1 and i got the latest WAMP and XAMPP from their websites. In PHPMyAdmin I can see that the instalation created 11 tables in the site database.
I tried uninstalling XAMPP, reinstalling it, and then I tried with WAMP, always the same result. I have win8.1 installed, not sure if that matters.
UPDATE: I have the WP installed and I can access it with localhost/sitename, but I cant log in as admin (username and password are not recognized) and it says "ERROR: There is no user registered with that email address" when I try to retrieve my password.
Solution 3
I resolved it after finding this: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hangs-on-step-2-after-creating-basic-dbs-without-admin-user?replies=16
so i just edited the php.ini file as suggested in that post (increased the max_execution_time) and it worked for me.
OTHER TIPS
Have you read the pre-requisites for installing Wordpress ?
To run WordPress your host just needs a couple of things:
The requirements have changed as of WordPress 3.2. The minimum requirements for WordPress 3.1 are PHP 4.3 and MySQL 4.1.2.
Apache or Nginx are recommended as the most robust and featureful server for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do.
(Source is HERE)
Try to delete the wp-config.php file from the root and remove the database tables. Now try with the wordpress installation. It may help you.
