Title: Parse Error – Charset Problem??
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Parse Error – Charset Problem??

 *  [eyeaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eyeaustin/)
 * (@eyeaustin)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-charset-problem/)
 * Hey guys,
 * So, I’ve had this website ([http://www.eyecollector.com](http://www.eyecollector.com))
   for about 3 years now, which I host with Dreamhost and its been without a problem
   since its beginning. The site is set as my homepage, and the other morning I 
   went to the net and saw this error on my site:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ”);’ (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING) in /home/
   eyeaustin/eyecollector.com/wp-config.php on line 32
 * Heres a screenshot of the config.php that is uploaded to my webroot. I changed
   the username and password for security reasons, though that is not the problem.
 * [http://tinypic.com/r/m95b0i/8](http://tinypic.com/r/m95b0i/8)
 * I can’t log into the backend either. Please help me around this! Thank you.
 * -Austin

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 *  [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-charset-problem/#post-5574704)
 * Hello eyeaustin,
 * Could you post the code in wp-config.php on [http://pastebin.com/](http://pastebin.com/)
   or [https://gist.github.com/](https://gist.github.com/) so I can take a better
   look. 🙂
 * Cheers!
    Calvin
 *  Thread Starter [eyeaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eyeaustin/)
 * (@eyeaustin)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-charset-problem/#post-5574729)
 * Calvin,
 * Yes, thank you. Here’s the link:
 * [http://pastebin.com/7HTX7sYS](http://pastebin.com/7HTX7sYS)
 *  [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-charset-problem/#post-5574771)
 * Hello eyeaustin,
 * I found the fault. If you will notice on line 29 instead of using a single quotation
   you accidentally typed apostrophe. So you just need to replace it then it will
   work again, hopefully!
 * **Before:**
 *     ```
       define('DB_HOST', ‘myusername.eyecollector.com');
       ```
   
 * **After:**
 *     ```
       define('DB_HOST', 'myusername.eyecollector.com');
       ```
   
 * Cheers!
    Calvin
 *  Thread Starter [eyeaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eyeaustin/)
 * (@eyeaustin)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-charset-problem/#post-5574787)
 * ahh, i completely ignored that bc it referred specifically to line 32.
 * thanks a ton!

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 * [charset](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/charset/)
 * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/)

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 * Last reply from: [eyeaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eyeaustin/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-charset-problem/#post-5574787)
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