PHP Error at Installation Screen

  • Resolved similaustudios

    (@similaustudios)


    12 years, 2 months ago

    I have searched everywhere for a solution to this problem and can’t seem to find one. I created my database and updated my wp-config.php file. At first, I was getting a “could not connect to databse” type error but I had misspelled the host so after fixing that and updating the file, I received a PHP error message:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’ in /home/a1715830/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 1021

    I have done nothing to the user.php file (I only accessed and changed the wp-config.php file as per the installation instructions). I opened the file to see if I could notice anything wrong but I simply cannot figure this out. https://howiemoffat.com/wp-admin/install.php

    If anyone might know how to fix this, I would greatly appreciate your help.

    Thanks so much!

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  • Try re-uploading all files & folders from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.

    Thread Starter similaustudios

    (@similaustudios)

    This is a brand new website and a brand new installation so there were no older files or folders :-/ Or are you saying I should just do it over? If so, what should I do differently next time?

    Thanks so much for the quick reply! It is so much appreciated.

    You need to re-upload WordPress from a fresh download but delete the existing core files & folders before uploading the new ones. Do not just try to overwrite them.

    Thread Starter similaustudios

    (@similaustudios)

    I guess I don’t understand what that will accomplish since this was a fresh install to begin with (there were no files or folders on my server at all prior to the upload). It takes SO much time to upload all of the wordpress files and I don’t want to waste another hour of my time doing that, ya know? Is there something that could have gone wrong with the first upload/install attempt that I should try to avoid the second time?

    It’s perfectly possible to have a corrupted core file in a fresh install.

    Thread Starter similaustudios

    (@similaustudios)

    I deleted everything and reinstalled and and it worked! I had no idea files could be corrupted, so thank you, you were a life-saver!

    I really appreciate your time and help, thank you so much ??

    Glad I could help ??

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