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I can't install Joomla 3.1.5 I can't get past the initial administration details screen (Step1) it just hangs.

I have succesfully a created an sql database, username and associated password ready for getting to step 2

I have sucessfully installed XAMPP 1.8.2 on my windows 8 machine I have tried running XAMPP both as an administrator and also as a user in both instances according to the control panel both apache and mysql are operating succesfully on open ports. After much research I found a patch that would alledgedly alow me to move from the Step 1 process to Step 2.

http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=768918

open libraries/joomla/filter/input.php
Find
$source = preg_replace('/&#(\d+);/me', "utf8_encode(chr(\\1))", $source); // decimal notation
$source = preg_replace('/&#x([a-f0-9]+);/mei', "utf8_encode(chr(0x\\1))", $source); // hex notation
Replace with
$source = preg_replace_callback('/&#x(\d+);/mi', function($m){return utf8_encode(chr('0x'.$m[1]));}, $source); // decimal notation
$source = preg_replace_callback('/&#x([a-f0-9]+);/mi', function($m){return utf8_encode(chr('0x'.$m[1]));}, $source); // hex notation

This DID NOT work as it just returned my to the Step 1 screen with the details I had previously entered removed.

Has anyone got Joomla 3.1.5 operating on XAMPP on a Windows 8 machine and if so can they help

I have always had some issue with XAMPP, and others, in the past which is why I have been using the Uniform Server (US) for the last few years. Never an issue

Just to prove it, I downloaded and installed the latest US (it's a self-extracting archive and doesn't "install" anything on your system; no registry "dust"), downloaded the latest J! 3.1.5 and successfully set it up ... in under 10 minutes on my Win 8 system No problems whatsoever.

I've just installed Xampp 1.8.3 on a new pc with W8.

Just tried to install 3.1.5 and it's not getting past the first page.
Simply sitting there in progress.

same here, it is joomla bugs again, I am not surprised

"my guru always said dont drink and code"

I'm not so sure. Getting the same problem with 2.5 .

...it is joomla bugs again, ...

No, it is not.

It works just fine with the Uniform Server. Why not give it a try if you really want to get a local J! site running on Win 8 without a hassle.

Posted in error. Post removed.

Potus001 wrote:Problem solved.

Care to share for the benefit of others?

Sorry.It was for a different problem but I posted it too late.
I'll delete post.

such a shame that joomla is so stupidly coded. I tried uniserver, it is just bullocks, I cant even start apache

Joomla is a disgrace, i mean how can a person make a site on local server? besides uniserver that does not work

@ballgone - in over 5 years, I have never had an issue installing Joomla! or any of the local servers, especially US. US is the easiest to get going. You are obviously doing something incorrectly.

If Apache won't start, what error, if any are you getting? Do you have another server running that is using Port 80? If you have Skype installed and it's running, there is the answer to that one. Either turn it off (exit the program) or go to:

Tools > Options > Advanced > Connection > uncheck Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections > Save

I have now attempted to install 3.1.5 on both XAMPP 1.8.2 and Uniserver and I'm getting the same problem.

Will try 2.5 on Uniserver.

The problem with uniserver was the index.php in the www area.

Try renaming or deleting xampp/htdocs/index.php as that could be the problem.

I don't have xampp as I replaced it with uniserver.

Really no need to rename the index.php in the root (www) as one should be installing in a folder within the root; makes things a lot tidier, easy to manage and eventually gather up for when it is moved to a live site. Also a whole lot less cluttered when you want to add another site, be it Joomla!, WordPress, eFront, Prestashop, Drupal, etc. As you may or may not know, one can have as many local sites as your hard drive has room for

I'm not clear what you are saying as I've installed my site within the www folder

i.e uniserver/www/mysite

My new site, if I have one, would be in uniserver/www/mysite2

I have Windoze 7 Premium Home on a laptop, XAMPP 1.8.3 (MySQL 5.6), and a pre-installation joomla database created.

I absolutely cannot get Joomla 3.1.5 to install. Just loops across the progress bar ad-infinitum.

Being new to Joomla, I cannot say with certainty it is a Joomla problem but I have reviewed all the information that I have found and see no solution. Does anyone know if this is a Joomla problem for sure?

And, I am not going to change away from XAMPP.

Thanks in advance, Gil Blais

GilBlais wrote:I have Windoze 7 Premium Home on a laptop, XAMPP 1.8.3 (MySQL 5.6), and a pre-installation joomla database created.

I absolutely cannot get Joomla 3.1.5 to install. Just loops across the progress bar ad-infinitum.

Being new to Joomla, I cannot say with certainty it is a Joomla problem but I have reviewed all the information that I have found and see no solution. Does anyone know if this is a Joomla problem for sure?

And, I am not going to change away from XAMPP.

Thanks in advance, Gil Blais

Have you tried renaming index.php in HTDOCS?

The problem with uniserver was the index.php in the www area.

I'm not clear what you are saying as I've installed my site within the www folder

i.e uniserver/www/mysite

My new site, if I have one, would be in uniserver/www/mysite2

So what then is the issue with index.php in the "www area"? I have never, ever had issues in the literally 100s of US installs over the years, including ones in a production setting.

@GilBlais - have you checked the XAMPP forums? This is an issue with the version you are using as the latest versions of both J!'s install and run just fine under The Uniform Server on my Win 7 and Win 8 machines as do they with the latest MAMP on my Macs.

Could be the version of PHP they are using in this version; have had that happen when testing WAMPServer a while back; downgraded the PHP and away it went. Just a thought

All I know it that if I rename index.php then it works.

Joomla install put an index.php in your site root folder so I'm not why one is needed in www root.
You may need to modify index.php for each site, if needed, but I've never had to.

so I'm not why one is needed in www root.

On the UniServer control panel, click the 'View www' link ... that's why

Have given up with 3.1.5 as I even had a problem with it on my live server.

Changed to 3.1.3 and all was fine.
If and when I have time I'll try 3.1.3 on my local server, probably using xampp.

I faced a problem when I install Joomla 3.0 on Xampp. After first step configuration, I put in email, password and site name and then I click next. It was processing so long. It don't have any issue with joomla 1.5. Kindly help, urgent