Joomla! 3 installation freezes at creating database table

Question

I am trying to install Joomla! 3.2.1 on my system but the installation freezes half way through. I've downloaded and installed the Wamp Server 2.4 and wanted to locally install Joomla! 3.2.1, but the installation freezes and doesn't finish.

It stops short of finishing the installation during the "creating database tables" task: it just stays on this bit seemingly forever.

Increasing the max execution time in php.ini and restarting the wamp didn't help.

My Wamp 2.4 uses:

• MySQL 5.6.12
• php 5.4.16
• Apache 2.4.4

How can I get the installer to go past this point?

Answer 1

This problem occurring most usually at Joomla 3.x. To solve this go to wamp\www\Your joomla folder\installation\sql\mysql and open Joomla.sql file find the term

"ENGINE=InnoDB"

and replace ALL with

"ENGINE=MyIsam"

MyIsam is more supported and compatible with Joomla.

Do also the same with (sample_data.sql) file, if it's quickstart setup.