Title: Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘.’ in user.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘.’ in user.php

 *  Resolved [neonspice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonspice/)
 * (@neonspice)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-in-userphp/)
 * hi i’m trying to get wordpress to work on a subdomain [http://dreams.neonspice.net](http://dreams.neonspice.net).
   i’ve uploaded many times and i keep getting the same error saying:
 * Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘.’ in /home/content/n/e/o/neonspice/html/
   dreams/wp-includes/user.php on line 183
 * line 180 to 188 is as follows:
 * function wp_dropdown_users( $args = ” ) {
    global $wpdb; $defaults = array( ‘
   show_option_all’../wordpress/wp-includes/ => ”, ‘show_option_none’../wordpress/
   wp-includes/ => ”, ‘orderby’../wordpress/wp-includes/ => ‘display_name’, ‘order’../
   wordpress/wp-includes/ => ‘ASC’, ‘include’../wordpress/wp-includes/ => ”, ‘exclude’
   => ”, ‘show’ => ‘display_name’, ‘echo’ => 1, ‘selected’ => 0, ‘name’ => ‘user’,‘
   class’ => ” );
 * any help would be appreciated! I’ve been trying all day and searching online 
   but havent quite solved it yet.
 * thanks in advance!

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-in-userphp/#post-642825)
 * I’d still say you aren’t getting a good set of files uploaded.
 * Delete all the wordpress files, download a new distribution from the download
   link at the top of this page.
 * If you are not using FileZilla to upload files, then get that program and try
   it. Need to upload as ASCII files (also Auto Detect in FileZilla works).
 * Review [Uploading WordPress to a remote host](http://codex.wordpress.org/Uploading_WordPress_to_a_remote_host).
 *  Thread Starter [neonspice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonspice/)
 * (@neonspice)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-in-userphp/#post-642843)
 * alright i’ll try that
 * previously i was uploading with dreamweaver.
 * also, i’m using godaddy, not sure if that matters.
 * thanks so much
 *  Thread Starter [neonspice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonspice/)
 * (@neonspice)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-in-userphp/#post-642850)
 * thanks its resolved now!
 * i downloaded a new copy of wordpress and uploaded it.
 * it works now.

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 * [user.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/user-php/)

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 * Last reply from: [neonspice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonspice/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-in-userphp/#post-642850)
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