Parse Error: Syntax Error when index.php copied to root

Hello,
Through trial and error I changed line 17 of my index.php to be the following and I got the result that I was looking for.

require(‘. wp/wp-blog-header.php’);

* ‘wp’ is the directory I have the WordPress installation in

I can not believe that WordPress has not made this an easy scripted change. I think that this is going to be a very common request.

Please make this just a little easier to make everyones life stress free.

I am keen to know if this helps anyone else.

I am having the same issue with the parse error.

What did your index.php file look like when you got it to work?

I’ll try copying and pasting it into mine. Thanks!

Hi, I’ve got the same issue but that same change didn’t work for me. Anyone else resolve this in any other way? Cheers
Naomi

I RESOLVED it in this way:
in the index.php in the root i changed this:

require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/wp-blog-header.php’ );

into this:

require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/wpfolder/wp-blog-header.php’ );

using text editor on mac BUT WITHOUT WRITING!
i copied-pasted the letters that i needed from other words from the same file.

It worked for me!
So i think this was a font error!

I RESOLVED this issue by using the file editor within cPanel and Extend on my two hosting accounts.

Whenever I tried to edit the code in text editor on my iMac or within Dreamweaver I would get the errors mentioned above. It was driving me mad..!!!!

As nicocluster says I think it’s an issue with text editor for mac.

I just did the same as above, it was driving me nuts too.
Change it in the file editor on your cPanel and it works first time.
I’m also using a Mac which seems to be part of the problem from what others have said above.

I ran into the same issue. After a lot of trial and error, I ran across this thread and discovered the problem is the way that Text Editor on the Mac handles single quotes. If you look carefully, it’s a slightly different symbol.

I was able to get things to work by copying the single quote at the end of the
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wpfolder/wp-blog-header.php' ); line and then pasting that single quote at the beginning of the path. Everything worked then.

Oh my god. I find this completely ridiculous. I was struggling with this as well, and finally came across this thread. My solution was like those above – just to use the cpanel editor to achieve the same results, rather than TextEdit on my Mac.

So frustrating!

It’s crazy!!!! Been on this for more than an hour pulling my hair out (especially knowing the code was supposed to be correct!). Editing from CPanel did the trick eventually! Thanks a lot y’all!
Apple is sliding more and more. I guess I need to find a basic text editor to replace the one I have. Don’t wanna lose time every time I go into editing.

I just wanted to say THANKS A MILLION!!! I’m such a newbie to wordpress, and this saved me from pulling my own hair out!!! I was using textedit as well, and then luckily found this thread on google. Again, THANKS A TON!!!

I am still facing this problem please advise me how to handel this . i tried require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/wpfolder/wp-blog-header.php’ ); same copy and paste on my index.php file. still showing me error .

I RESOLVED this issue by using the file editor within cPanel and Extend on my two hosting accounts.

Whenever I tried to edit the code in text editor on my iMac or within Dreamweaver I would get the errors mentioned above. It was driving me mad..!!!!

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