By gbrooks on

I have postgres, apache, and PHP already running on my local windows 7 PC. I would like to add Drupal 7x to the stack but do not want to disrupt my existing Postgres /Apache installation - my database is to valuable to loose/corrupt.

I tried downloading the drupal executable but cant figure out from teh documentation where to install the Drupal file or how to connect to the exististing Apache server. Second problem is my browswer returns a blank white screen when I run localhost/Programfiles/Postgres/drupal/install.php

FYI, Apache is actually installed as a subdirectory of PostgresSQL DB root.

Can anyone offer advice?

thanks

Glenn P

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gbrooks commented

further,,, I tried copying Drupal 7 directory into the Apache htdocs folder, and then in to Apache WWW foler. Both times could not get the install script to run - just returned a white browser window.

I am running PHP v 5.3.8 - Does Drupal 7 not work with 5.3.8 perhaps?

any help would be greatly appreciated!

thks
Glenn b

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liberatr
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Location Portland, OR
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Glenn,

Try turning on PHP error reporting - if you are using the "recommended" php.ini they sometimes turn off error reporting. You may also check your Apache error log to see what error is being thrown.

Regardless, a white screen is almost always one of two things:

  1. Not enough memory for PHP - http://drupal.org/node/207036
  2. a Fatal error of some kind (how you fix it depends on the error)

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