WordPress already installed but asking to install

WordPress only redirects to install.php when it can not find a database. this missing database issue usually occurs because i have crappy host, ipage , they limited the mysql query string to 75k per hour and once that max usage is optimised, the site and every other WordPress site on that ipage user account starts redirecting to install.php

A way to combat this is to cache the mysql query string (but ipage has refused to do that – instead they have offered to increase the MySQL query limit to 150k queries per hour for an extra $36 and this will still not be sufficient for a busy site, especially during content upload or peak periods).

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-keeps-redirecting-to-installphp-over-and-over-again-1/

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