Installer stalls at creating Database

bscho:

I have now php version 5.6.20 on my server.

No luck though as both v160 and v155a still stall on create a Database.

I have the option to move to a cloud server to run php7.0 Do you think this is worth trying?

Or before I move do you have anything else I can try?
There still remains the unanswered question from wilt regarding installing with the demo products and identifying the resulting status of that install...

I'm reaching, looking for whatever unique thing about your situation might be a contributing factor. I spotted this in your first post above:

bscho:

I am using a remote mysql Database server
Lots of hosting companies do put their database server on a separate server. So, while this is not uncommon, and normally works fine, it does depend on heavy optimization with network traffic between the webserver and the remote database server, preferably over a private network and very high-speed network/internet connections.

Zen Cart doesn't do anything unique that would complicate that, but it does expect it to be operating reliably.

Yes, thanks maybe its because of having a separate database server.

I have the 155a working well on my laptop using the localhost, it loaded fine.

I guess I'll just have to stay with v153 on my server unless my hosting provider comes up with a solution.