https://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6901&p=47442#p47442
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spydie
Sun 31 Jan, 2010 01:35

Endless Loop In Install
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Hi 

There´s an endless loop in the install due to a line in common php.

It can drive everybody nuts.

open common.php

find:
[code linenumbers=false]include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'config.' . PHP_EXT);

if(!defined('IP_INSTALLED') && !defined('IN_INSTALL'))
{
    header('Location: ' . IP_ROOT_PATH . 'install/install.' . PHP_EXT);
    exit;
}

include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/constants.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/template.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/sessions.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/auth.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_categories_hierarchy.' . PHP_EXT);[/code]

replace with
[code linenumbers=false]include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'config.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/constants.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/template.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/sessions.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/auth.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_categories_hierarchy.' . PHP_EXT);[/code]

afterwards you´ve got to go to install via : http/yoursite/install/install.php.

IMHO 
it´s not the nicest way, but it work´s you around the loop


