Nat Colley wrote:
I am trying to install MediaWiki on a windows machine (wamp) as a testing server. As near as I can tell, all has gone right with the download and installation of the wamp – php info comes up, for example. But navigating to index.php gets me this:
"* If you are reading this in your web browser, your server is probably not configured correctly to run PHP applications! "
That points to php not working on your server. You need to fix it first.
Then the install.php comments say:
"To run the install script, you'll need to temporarily make the 'config' subdirectory writable by the web server. The simplest way to do this on a Unix/Linux system is to make it world-writable:
chmod a+w config
Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki directory."
Are you also seeing
Setup has completed, your wiki is configured Please delete the /config directory for extra security. Can't write config file, aborting To run the install script... Checking environment... Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation
problems.
PHP " . htmlspecialchars( phpversion() ) . " installed
etc. ?
(a mixture of all possible messages given by the installer)
Then it is a consequence of not having php enabled. Goto step 1.
Well, obviously I am not on unix or linux. Right clicking on the config folder and going to properties tells me that this file is read only, but if I uncheck the box it goes right back to being read only anyway. I seem to remember that in Windows you have to go up to the highest folder because all these properties are normally inherited downward. I did that all the way up to my drive itself, and it still doesn't stop them from being read only.
Your assistance, patience, and wisdom are greatly appreciated. Thank you.
If your issue is really with permissions writing the config folder, I would wait for 1.17rc1 (planned for this Friday) and install it. It uses a new installer that gives you LocalSettings.php for download instead of writing it itself.