installing wordpress from a script

Hi all I am trying to install word press from a php script on my hosting server ?is this correct way to execute the command

exec ("wget -q http://www.mdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php?step=1",$output);
as i cannot get it to work?

i do have wget enabled on the hosting account

 

Do you have ssh access.

Try this:

exec ("/usr/local/bin/php -f /path/to/my/domain/wp-admin/install.php?step=1",$output);

You may need to change the php path depending on your server. Your host may have exec disabled. Is this a shared or semi/dedicated server?

 

This is shared hosting and I dont have ssh

 

Most likely you wont be able to install like this.

You could possibly try using file_get_contents instead of exec. Not sure if that would work for your requirements, but would have the exact same affect as exec(wget

 

fantastico on cpanel is what i would use