Dadabique Wrote:
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> by the way, I don't understand how writing the
> path to this install.php in the address bar would
> give a different result than right clicking the
> file and asking "run with Chrome" which I have
> done before ????
>
> So I think the installation of your system is not
> really straightforward
The installation IS straightforward - all basic PHP stuff.
A PHP file must be run from INSIDE a BROWSER VIA WEB SERVER - eg: a URL. Part of the installation instructions document that you UPLOAD the DADABIK files TO YOUR WEB SERVER. When attempting to run the file inside the browser, the following two addresses are interpreted completely different:
http://localhost/dadabik_directory/install.php - is a URL and will be interpreted and parsed by the PHP installed on the webserver
D:\Program Files\wamp\www\dadabik_directory\install.php - is a LOCAL file reference. It will not be parsed by the PHP installed on the webserver because the browser sees it as a LOCAL file. Therefore will only display the text.
As for your second post .....
I have tried : http://localhost/D:/Program%20Files/wamp/www/install.php
and I get : Forbidden
The URL you entered is not a valid URL pointing to the file. IF install.php is in the d:\program files\wamp\www directory, then the URL entered should be http://localhost/install.php - a proper URL.
The error message regarding MySQL would indicate to me there is a problem with the password for user 'root' as a connection to MySQL was not successful.
Have you set up a webserver with PHP and MySQL before? Do you regularly work with PHP and MySQL?