parse error unexpected T_STRING in wp-config.php (version 2.6)

  • Resolved moneyenergy

    (@moneyenergy)


    16 years, 7 months ago

    I’ve uploaded wordpress 2.6 into my cPanel directory at bluehost. I’m putting it in a special subdirectory because it’s going to be a second blog for me. I’ve already created the database for it and have modified the wp-config file accordingly.

    I’m already to point my browser at the website.com/wp-admin/install.php and it returns the

    parse error – unexpected T_STRING in wp-config.php at line 17

    I check the syntax but can’t find anything wrong.
    I removed the two lines that I didn’t need,
    $table_prefix and
    WPLANG

    Can anyone help?
    Pls email me at moneyenergy AT hotmail too, if anyone sees this….

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  • Thread Starter moneyenergy

    (@moneyenergy)

    Finally fixed it.

    EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION: You can’t have apostrophes ‘ and quotes ” in your secret keys. Delete them. WordPress says you can “make up” your secret keys to be whatever you like, but it’s not true. If there are apostrophes within the ‘ and ‘ that are supposed to be there, your install won’t work.

    PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THE ABOVE IN CODEX

    EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION: You can’t have apostrophes ‘ and quotes ” in your secret keys.

    Dr. Ashok Koparday

    some of us already know this ??

    PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THE ABOVE IN CODEX

    You can do that — you wont, but you can.

    :>)

    Guys,

    I removed the ” and the ‘ but I’m yet facing this sort of an error – Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in D:\hosting\member\diabetescare\wordpress\wp-config.php on line 13

    I’m at a total loss. I even entered my own made up keys to make sure I was not using any special characters and yet this error persists.

    I’m using notepad to make the edits. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

    I removed the ” and the ‘

    But you left it there around the key, right?
    define('AUTH_KEY', 'whatever'); // Change this to a unique phrase.

    Moshu, there was some problem running the latest version of wordpress on my host. I downloaded and set up version 2.0.5 (provided thru my host) and hey presto, I’m in business!

    That is not a secure version.

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